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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · Aug 7

We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

This is “in the broader context of 2 going on 3 years of Columbia's indifference towards the wellbeing and health and safety of its students and workers,” an officer with Student Workers of Columbia told @teenvogue.com. “[Their willingness] to cooperate with the [admin] is part of a larger pattern.”

How The Trump Admin's Attack on Higher Education and DEI Are Impacting Campuses

Several colleges throughout the United States have eliminated funding, offices, and even staff associated with "DEI" — inspired in part by the Trump administration’s bluster.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

Mary Retta on the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed and diversity itself, from the "compact" to their hostility enabling colleges to seemingly stonewall their unions and dispose of roles @teenvogue.com

"I think the numbers of Black and certain other minoritized students and faculty will decrease.”

How The Trump Admin's Attack on Higher Education and DEI Are Impacting Campuses

Several colleges throughout the United States have eliminated funding, offices, and even staff associated with "DEI" — inspired in part by the Trump administration’s bluster.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 1d

According to July 2024 research from the Movement Advancement Project, at least 256 bills have been introduced in state legislatures attacking DEI in different settings — a number that is no doubt higher now, in September 2025.

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How The Trump Admin's Attack on Higher Education and DEI Are Impacting Campuses

Several colleges throughout the United States have eliminated funding, offices, and even staff associated with "DEI" — inspired in part by the Trump administration’s bluster.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 1d

"Slightly less covered is the wealth of Boricua history that makes his art as powerful as it is, including over 100 years of fraught Puerto Rico-U.S. relations that led to his arrival. This history is crucial for understanding the significance of where Bad Bunny stands now, & where he is going next"

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Could Finally Spotlight Important Boricua History on the Mainland

Bad Bunny is perhaps the only pop star fully equipped to take on the current American sociopolitical ecosystem and the fact that a show must entertain.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 1d

Under the Trump administration, fashion is losing its playfulness and taking cues from authoritarian aesthetics and conservatism.

How Trump-Era Politics Are Reshaping Fashion: From Barbiecore to Workwear

In this reported op-ed, writer Kelsey Stiegman connects the rise of MAGA politics to a darker fashion shift — where self-expression gives way to self-preservation.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 2d

"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and Atlanta’s Cop City."

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Police Departments Surveilled Activists in the 1960s and 70s — and Erased The Records

"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and At...

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

"where's the left media?" "where's fact-checked reporting?"

lately @teenvogue.com has run profiles: of Assata Shakur's revolutionary history; a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist; what's happening in Chicago's ICE protests; and organizing supporting LGBTQ+ youth

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Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"
"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”
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Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
By Marian Jones

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Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"
“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”
By Maia McDonald

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Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash
“We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.”
By Colleen Hamilton

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 4d

“It often feels like it's a dystopian world that we live in, and the only thing that is real is Gaza and what's happening there.”

Politics editor @leximcmenamin.com speaks with 23-year-old journalist Plestia Alaqad about her book, leaving Gaza and the impact all of it has on young people.

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"

"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 4d

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story,” Thunberg said during a press conference following her release.

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Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 9d

The United States has officially entered a government shutdown 🫠 Here's what you need to know ⤵️

How The Government Shutdown Will Impact You — And Your Student Loans

No one knows how long the government shutdown will last.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 9d

our Assata obituary by Marian Jones is up now @teenvogue.com.

"Shakur was a militant Black revolutionary who rejected the doctrine of nonviolent civil disobedience... a symbol of 'revolutionary Black feminist agency, a living embodiment of successful resistance to anti-Black state repression.'"

Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 9d

“Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world,” a statement from the Jane Goodall Institute read.

Celebrated Conservationist and Chimpanzee Expert Jane Goodall Is Dead at 91

“Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 9d

To some, mainly some white Americans and government officials, Assata Shakur was a controversial figure. To others, including many Black Americans, she was a revolutionary, oppressed and wrongly convicted.

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Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 9d

Assata Shakur's story, Marian Jones writes in @teenvogue.com, is "also a reminder of the impact of COINTELPRO, and how it continues to impact activists today through technological surveillance, the criminalization of protest, and the targeting of dissidents." Shakur passed in Cuba on Friday.

Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

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Maia McDonald 💫✌🏽 @maiamcdonald.me · 10d

In my @teenvogue.com debut, I spoke with congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social about the incident involving her and an ICE agent at the Broadview ICE facility earlier this month, where protests against the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies are ongoing daily.

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 10d

Earlier this month, U.S. House candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, 26, was involved in a confrontation at an ICE rally that went viral.

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

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Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 10d

new @teenvogue.com: @maiamcdonald.me covers the latest w/ Chicago protests. outside an ICE facility that's come under national focus, protesters and journalists have been arrested and teargassed.

@katmabu.bsky.social was shoved to the ground; she says more politicians should be on the frontlines.

Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 10d

Earlier this month, U.S. House candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, 26, was involved in a confrontation at an ICE rally that went viral.

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

Read more ⤵️

Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"

“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 11d

The season 7 finale of "Welcome to Plathville" airs tonight. Here's what Olivia Plath told us about Christian fundamentalism, the show, and deconstructing:

Olivia Plath Is Tearing It All Down

The Welcome to Plathville star opens up about Christian fundamentalism, deconstruction, and questioning everything she's ever known.

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Maddie Block @maddieblock.bsky.social · 11d

Ya girl is in @teenvogue.com! Thank you @hifortesa.bsky.social for putting this story together!
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This Gen Zer Is Going Viral for Calling Out Her Republican Politician Dad

“He is clearly not somebody who has his constituents’ best interests in mind.”

Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 11d

We are begging J.K. Rowling to find a new way to spend her time.

J.K. Rowling Wrote 700 Words About Emma Watson 'Loving' Her Despite Anti-Trans Beliefs

Begging her to find a new way to spend her time.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 11d

Some people are less than excited about Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show, and took to social media to spout racist backlash about it: www.teenvogue.com/story/bad-bu...

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Already Pissing Off Racists

"This is for my people, my culture and our history." 🇵🇷

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 12d

Maddie Block, the 28-year-old daughter of New Mexico State Senator Jay Block, speculated on TikTok about why her father and other state-level politicians took what she calls a “propaganda trip” to Israel ⤵️

This Gen Zer Is Going Viral for Calling Out Her Republican Politician Dad

“He is clearly not somebody who has his constituents’ best interests in mind.”

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 14d

Recent reporting alleges that civilian men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and sexually assault immigrant women, with cases in North Carolina and New York.

Unmasking ICE agents is important, but it’s a Band-Aid on a broader, systemic crisis. Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social's full Op-Ed ⤵️

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women

"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 16d

#RaptureTok has quickly picked up speed over the last few weeks, with many Christian TikTokers showing how they're preparing themselves and their families for the big event. So what happens when the rapture doesn't come? ⬇️

What Happens When the Rapture Doesn't Come

“I would lay awake, praying to God at night just like … please don't leave me without my family."

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 16d

"Efforts to cure autism are built on the false idea that there is something inherently wrong with us." Read the full #OpEd asserting that RFK Jr.'s autism “cure” is less about Tylenol than it is "fixing" autistic people who do not want or need fixing. ⬇️

RFK Jr.'s Autism "Cure" Isn't About Tylenol, It's About "Fixing" Autistic People Like Me

Efforts to cure autism are built on the false idea that there is something inherently wrong with us.

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