Politics & Social Issues

Your hub for all things politics — from the 2020 election, to the ongoing fight for equal pay, to the Black Lives Matter movement. Catch up on the social issues everyone is talking about, and why they matter.
How to Celebrate When Times Are Dark
Is That a Yule Log on the Fire, or the World Going up in Flames?
Scarlett Johansson Asteroid City 76th annual Cannes film festival
Scarlett Johansson Opened Up About Growing Up With Food Insecurity and Relying on Public Assistance
Reshma Saujani speaking at a conference
Woman of Impact: Reshma Saujani
Priyanka Chopra-Jones x Marshalls Good Stuff Social Club
Priyanka Chopra Jonas Wants to "Break the Myth that Only One of Us Can Succeed"
Monica Lewinsky on TODAY Oct. 3, 2023
Monica Lewinsky Opened Up About Being the First Person to Lose Her Reputation Online
Natalie Portman attends the "May December"
Natalie Portman Says That Men and Women Are "Expected to Behave" Differently at Cannes
Angelina Jolie, Maddox Jolie-Pitt
Angelina Jolie Wore the Dreamiest White Gown to the White House
This Is What It's Like to Shop While Trans
This Is What It’s Like to Shop While Trans
Sophia Bush Mejuri Party
Sophia Bush Thinks We Should Call Out Brands That Don't Step Up for Reproductive Rights
Prince William
Prince William Says Princess Diana Would Be "Disappointed" by the Ongoing Homelessness Crisis
Iman International Women's Day
Supermodel Iman on the Power of Saying No
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama Said She Was "Uncontrollably Sobbing" After President Trump's Inauguration
Jena Malone Hunger Games
Jena Malone Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted By a 'Hunger Games' Co-Worker
Sandra Day O'Connor Supreme Court
Supreme Court Trailblazer Sandra Day O’Connor Has Died at Age 93
Paris hilton grammys pre-party
Paris Hilton Revealed That She Had an Abortion in Her 20s
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally for better care policies in Washington, D.C.
Support For Paid Leave Has Never Been Higher
Kristen Stewart Demonstration
Kristen Stewart Spoke Up In Solidarity With The Women, Life, Freedom Protest Against The Iranian Regime
Woman wearing a letter friendship bracelet
Girlhood Is Trending, But Actual Girlhood Has Never Been More Fraught
Meet the New Miss Universe Organization
Meet the New Miss Universe Organization
Postpartum Depression Pill Approval essay
The Postpartum Depression Pill Won’t Save Us From Our Maternal Health Crisis
Michelle Obama
How Michelle Obama Found Her Light (And You Can, Too)
R kelly Sentencing
R. Kelly Will Face 20 Years in Prison
Jane Fonda L.A. Dance Gala
Jane Fonda Isn't Letting Anything Stop Her — Not Even Cancer
Jillian Mercado, Imani Blair, Shania Twain, Bretman Rock
Everybody’s In: Celebrating a New Era of Impact
Everybody's In: Esgar Guarín Vasectomy on Wheels doctor
Meet the Doctor Performing Free Van Vasectomies to “Close the Contraception Gap”
Vic Mensa
From a Music Festival in Ghana to a Chicago Cannabis Company, Vic Mensa Is Collecting Causes And Making Change
Blair Imani
Everything You Need to Know You Can Learn From Blair Imani
Everybody's In: Posthumous Dorothy Pittman Hughes
Remembering Dorothy Pitman Hughes, an Icon of Black Feminism
Bretman Rock
Bretman Rock Says to Always Remember That “You’re That Bitch”
Madison Hammond
Madison Hammond Is Making Soccer History
Everybody's In: Fashion Roundup
The Next Wave of Fashion’s Sustainable Future Starts Here
Everybody's In: Political Class of 2023 roundup
Meet the New Class of Politicians Challenging the Status Quo
Everybody's In: David Lopez
David Lopez On Healing the Internet With Lashes, Lipstick, and Tons of Wigs
Jillian Mercado
Jillian Mercado Says Fashion Is a Long Way From Being Truly Inclusive
Everybody's In: Elyse Fox
Elyse Fox Started a Club for Sad Girls and Now She Works With Selena Gomez
Everybody's In: Gisele Baretto Fetterman
Gisele Barreto Fetterman Has an Inherent Need to Do Good
NEWS: Jane Fonda Is Bringing the "Grace and Frankie" Team Together for the Best Reason
Jane Fonda Is Bringing the "Grace and Frankie" Team Together for the Best Reason
Meghan Markle Addressed "Toxic" Asian Stereotypes With Margaret Cho and Lisa Ling
Meghan Markle Addressed "Toxic" Asian Stereotypes With Margaret Cho and Lisa Ling
Naomi Watts - sRGB
Naomi Watts Is Acting Her Age
Activists
A Look at the Movements Making the Fashion Industry Cleaner, Kinder, and Safer
voting protesting politics
So You Want to Get Politically Active? Here's Your Comprehensive Guide
First Lady Fashion
Jill Biden's Fashion Will Tell a Different Story of America
Amy Coney Barrett's Pink Wardrobe
Amy Coney Barrett's Skirt Suits Say It All
Deb Haaland
Deb Haaland Will Be the First Native American Interior Secretary
Joe Biden's Daughter and Granddaughters Say That They Admire Sasha and Malia Obama
Joe Biden's Daughter and Granddaughters Opened Up About Sasha and Malia Obama
Katie Porter
Twitter Is Obsessed with Katie Porter's Latest Visual Aids
Warnock Ossoff - LEAD
Stacey Abrams and Georgia Organizers Are Getting the Credit They Deserve After a Historic Night
Cori Bush - LEAD
Rep. Cori Bush Vows to Hold Congress Members Who "Incited" Capitol Hill Violence Responsible
Porter McConnell Mitch Kellyanne Conway
How Daughters of High-Profile Republicans Became Progressive Icons
Amanda Gorman - Lead
Amanda Gorman Will Recite a Poem at the 2021 Super Bowl
Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone on Stopping an Armed Supermarket Robbery and Fighting for Her Iconic Roles
U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland
New Mexico Becomes the First State to Elect All Women of Color to the House
Even AOC Loves This Lash-Thickening Mascara, and It's Less Than $5 for Prime Day
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Criticism Over Harry Styles's Vogue Cover Gown, Says It Looks "Bomb"
AOC
AOC and Cori Bush Say They Thrift Their D.C. Looks – and Honestly That's a Good Thing
Rosa Flores
CNN's Rosa Flores Wants to Put a Face to Immigration
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama Urged Americans to "Vote for Joe Biden Like Your Lives Depend on It"
We Shouldn't Have Expected Anything from Conservative Women
We Shouldn't Be Surprised That "Conservative Feminists" Won the Election
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw on Finally Changing the "Toxic" Parts of American Culture
Badass Women 50 InStyle
The Badass 50: Healthcare Workers Who Are Saving the Day
Mona Chalabi
Mona Chalabi Was Having a Miserable Year, And Then She Started Drawing
The Amber Heard Verdict Could Silence a Generation of Women
The Amber Heard Verdict Could Silence a Generation of Women
Melania Trump Slams Vogue and Jill Biden
Melania Trump Shaded Jill Biden's 'Vogue' Cover in Her First Post-White House Interview
Asian Americans Representation at the Winter Olympics Is a Dream
Asian Americans Are Kicking Ass at the Olympics