Opinion
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'We cannot ignore the white privilege on display at last night's Capitol Hill riot'
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Why watching your favourite period dramas is good for your mental health
During a difficult year, Lizzy Dening found solace in the cinema with Emma, David Copperfield and Little Women. Here's why a watch of your favourite period dramas might prove a mental health boost this very different kind of Christmas break.
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US Election 2020 - An Insider Tells All: ‘There’s no coming back from this, is there’
Days before the most consequential election ever, Becca Andrews, a journalist at US news site Mother Jones, reveals what it's like living in Trump’s America and why, along with tens of millions, she’s holding her breath expecting the worst
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Instagram turns 10: but is it breaking us or making us more human?
Happy birthday Instagram! A simple photo-sharing app was born on 6 October 2010 and changed the world for better or worse. Now home to more than a billion active users, author Daisy Buchanan examines her complicated relationship with it
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'How dare people shame Chrissy Teigen and John Legend for publicly mourning the loss of their baby'
Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot has never been more disappointed in the Internet
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'Why do we still have a problem with race?' asks anti-racism activist Layla F Saad
How do you become a better anti-racist ally in 2020? For starters, recognise that if you're white and privileged, you're probably helping uphold an oppressive system. On Black History Month, we're shining a spotlight on what Layla. F Saad, author of Me and White Supremacy, has to say about shutting down racism
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This Black History Month, we're amplifying the voices of black women
It's time to celebrate the stories and successes of women who have for too long been overlooked and unheard
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'How have the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s killing not been charged?'
Digital Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot joins protestors around the world in calling for justice...
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Is conscious consumption the new normal?
With research showing that we're slowly but surely changing our daily habits to live more sustainably, Alex Morgan, Chief Markets Officer for Rainforest Alliance, sheds a light on the next steps to take together
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The Domestic Abuse Bill isn’t ‘groundbreaking’ if it leaves migrant women out
After two years of waiting, the new domestic abuse bill has finally passed through parliament. But does it go far enough to protect all victims of domestic violence? Niamh McCollum investigates
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Only 6% of us want to return to pre-pandemic times, and it's obvious why
The only way to make a comeback is for it to be stronger, fairer and greener
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'Coronavirus is increasing LGBTQ+ mental health inequalities' says trans woman Abi Giles
NHS pathology lab scientist and trans woman Abi Giles shares her story in a bid to promote understanding and equality
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Hunger strikers demand justice for Breonna Taylor
Black Lives Matter protests are still reverberating and now protesters in the US are on hunger strike seeking justice for Breonna Taylor, a woman killed at home by police in March. Marie Claire's Dami Abajingin asks why the killing of black women is rarely centre stage in narratives about police brutality and why #SayHerName matters
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Dear White Mumfluencers, we need to talk about being an anti-racism ally
My name is Zeena Moolla. Like you, I'm a part of your world, albeit my Word To The Mothers occupies a far less frequented space. I apologise for the unsolicited nature of this address, but I felt we needed to talk...
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'Black people need everyone, regardless of colour, to do better'
Following George Floyd's killing, Hanna Davis, a 28-year-old TV producer, says she's lived her life seeing black people treated with less value than white people
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'Now we’ve acknowledged racism, we must all stamp out injustice'
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'I'm 24, blind and self-isolating - this is how I'm coping'
YouTuber Lucy Edwards - who became the first blind presenter to host a show on Radio 1 at the end of last year - says she is familiar with the crippling feelings of isolation and anxiety caused by coronavirus
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'A masked stranger with good intentions': an NHS midwife on the frontline
Stephanie, a 25-year-old midwife based in a hospital in the Midlands, details her worries about how her vital role providing care for women and their babies being born during the Covid-19 pandemic has changed
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Living in lockdown has taught us many memorable lessons
As we start to re-enter society, Olivia Adams pens her hopes for the future – plus what she’d like to leave behind
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What it feels like to be Chinese during coronavirus
COVID-19 has triggered prejudice and abuse towards Asian Americans across the country. How do we stop the infection?
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A teacher on the frontline: 'wellbeing - not education - will be our focus post pandemic'
Katie Weighell is a teacher at a primary school in south London. Here she describes her new normal, her worries for vulnerable children and how government cuts are affecting these critical safe spaces
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Exhausted and disheartened: a doctor on the NHS frontline speaks out
A 37-year-old consultant anaesthetist in central London (who has to remain anonymous) reveals exclusively to Marie Claire the truth about NHS working conditions and helping the sickest coronavirus patients
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How it feels to be dating in the age of coronavirus
Being single during coronavirus gives lovesick new meaning, says Features Writer Olivia Adams
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'Thank you for everything you have done Meghan Markle - you are too good for us'
Digital Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot has her say...
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Caroline Sakwa: 'People from the slums have historically been marginalized, I'm determined to change that'
Next in our Women Who Win series is Caroline Sakwa, the Gender Director for Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) inside Kibera, one of Africa's most notorious slums
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London court ruling 'step towards' captured Dubai princesses' freedom
Dubai princesses and sisters Sheikha Shamsa al-Maktoum and Princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum have not been seen in public since their failed escapes from the palace
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It's 50 years since the Women's Liberation Movement, so what's changed?
Half a century ago today, hundreds of fed-up, badass women united to write down their seven basic demands for gender equality. So in the lead up to International Women's Day, we're taking a look at how far we've come
