Lexi McMenamin
News & Politics Editor
Lexi McMenamin is the News & Politics Editor at Teen Vogue. They are also a freelance writer covering politics, identity, activist movements, and pop culture. They have been published by the BBC, them., i-D, and elsewhere.
Why Is AOC Cohosting a School Fair Featuring Military Academies?
In 2020, she was against military recruitment in low-income communities.
Musicians Are Fighting Tennessee's Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills With A Massive Concert
“I don't want to concede my home to the white supremacists,” Julien Baker tells Teen Vogue.
Biden is Backtracking on His Promises, and Young People are Pissed
The commitments that young voters backed Biden for "have been broken," says U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost.
It's Yasmin Finney's World, We're All Just Living In It
“I didn't realize how powerful the universe is, how powerful manifestation is.”
Biden ‘Abandons Millions of Young People’ By Approving the Willow Project
Millions of people signed a petition to stop the new oil drilling project in Alaska.
Republicans Are Trying to Roll Back Child Labor Regulations
Maybe we could make child labor a thing for the history books? Just a thought.
Lorena Austin Wants to Redefine What a Politician Looks Like
The Arizona state representative is the first Chicanx gender-nonconforming state official in the country.
Video of Drag Queens Reading NY Times Criticism Plays Outside the Paper's Offices
"An institution most highly revered but suddenly turning into something quite weird..."
How Organizers (and Fiona Apple) Helped Launch a Court Watching Network
"We could actually knock some sh*t down and build some new sh*t up."
Hayley Williams Criticizes Tennessee's Drag, Trans Health Care Bills
“Drag is not a crime. Gender-affirming health care for all, including our youth, is a necessity,”
Loki’s Folly Is the Gen Z Grunge Band You Need to Be Paying Attention to
Check out an exclusive premiere of their new music video.
Florida College Students Walk Out Over DeSantis Policies
“He knows that attacking trans people will make him popular with his party."
Florida Teacher Fired After Showing Empty Library Shelves on Social Media
"I read books about the consequences of this when I was in school…"
Organizers are Getting Banned Books to DeSantis's Florida
"Black history and radical ideas cannot be censored!"
Two Teens Arrested Following Killing of Brianna Ghey, 16
"Protect trans kids every day and fight relentlessly against anti-trans sentiment."
Young People Are Uniting to Fight Atlanta's "Cop City"
"This is every issue we care about wrapped into one."
Memphis's Special Police Unit Is Over – But It's Only One of Many
Plainclothes units like SCORPION are on the rise again after 2020's policing protests.
Protests Break Out Over Videos of Police Assault on Tyre Nichols
Nichols, 29, died from a police beating during a traffic stop.
Over 100 Harvard Students Walk Out Over Professor Accused of Misconduct
“It’s past time for Harvard to act.”
Ticketmaster Faces Congressional Hearing After Taylor Swift Debacle
Resale tickets went up to over $22,000.
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.
‘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."
Biden's Immigration Policy Is Trump All Over Again
Rep. Cori Bush called the policy "unconscionable," "harmful," and "anti-Black and brown."