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Lex McMenamin

News and Politics Editor

Lex McMenamin is the politics editor at Teen Vogue and a GLAAD Award-nominated writer covering politics, identity, movements and culture. They have been published in New York Magazine, the BBC, Them, the Nation, i-D and elsewhere.
Politics

Protests Break Out Over Videos of Police Assault on Tyre Nichols

Nichols, 29, died from a police beating during a traffic stop.
Politics

Over 100 Harvard Students Walk Out Over Professor Accused of Misconduct

“It’s past time for Harvard to act.”
Politics

Ticketmaster Faces Congressional Hearing After Taylor Swift Debacle

Resale tickets went up to over $22,000.
Politics

One Way To Stop Andrew Tates: Stop Hating Women

Tate’s success is only a sliver of the misogynist furor broiling online and in real life.
Justice

‘No More Police’ Shows Abolitionists Are the Actual Realists

Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie explain how "we don't actually care about children in this country."
Politics

So George Santos Lied. Now What?

The congressman is facing a whole slew of investigations.
Politics

Biden's Immigration Policy Is Trump All Over Again

Rep. Cori Bush called the policy "unconscionable," "harmful," and "anti-Black and brown."
Government

Here's a No-B.S. Explainer of the House Speaker Drama

American politics continue to veer towards reality TV dramatics – less C-SPAN, more Bravo.
Politics

How The Pandemic Exposed "A Viral Underclass"

"Viruses show that we're very connected, but the way we experience them can be quite different."
Politics

Why Jeopardy! Champion Amy Schneider Is Optimistic About Trans Rights

"Just being on Jeopardy, I had a much bigger impact than I ever expected."
Politics

Inside the Longest Adjunct Faculty Strike in US History

New School students are occupying a campus building to bring the university to the bargaining table.
Politics

Don't Normalize Ron DeSantis

Just like Trump, DeSantis is a wealthy, pro-corporate politician masquerading as a populist.
Justice

Meet the Gen Z'ers Who Got an Abolitionist Elected in LA

"It’s why you don't mess with Gen Z: Not only are they going to find the data, they're going to troll you."
Justice

Eric Adams's New Homeless Policy Is Messed Up

How is sending cops after the mentally ill and unhoused "care"?
Politics

Club Q LGBTQ+ Nightclub Shooting: At Least Five Died and 25 Injured

“Club Q is devastated by the senseless attack on our community"
TV

Atlanta Scene-Stealer Ava Grey Aims to Expand TV’s View of Transness

“Being trans is just such a beautiful, large spectrum.”
Government

2022 Midterms Results: What We Know

Here’s the latest.
Politics

University of California Strike May Be Biggest in Higher Ed History

Some strikers say that living on UC wages put them in housing insecurity.
Politics

Forget Red vs. Blue: The Progressive Youth Wave Wins 2022

With candidates like Summer Lee, John Fetterman, and Maxwell Frost, and policy gains on abortion and more.
Politics

Election Deniers are Making for Messy Midterms

From Arizona to North Carolina, the GOP is trying to undermine what little democracy we have.
Politics

If Things Feel Extra Bad Right Now, It’s Because They Are

 The right’s attacks on young people are at the center of the 2022 midterms.
Politics

Why Do All These Universities Keep Taking Right Wing Bait?

Recent protests at the University of Florida and Penn State resulted in student suppression.
Politics

Phoebe Bridgers Wants You to Know It's Healthy to Be Angry

Our October/November cover star is taking her indignation and demanding better.
Politics

John Fetterman Is Here for the Memes — and for Pennsylvania

“It feels like Dr. Oz’s entire campaign platform is that I had a stroke,” Fetterman tells Teen Vogue.