There's nothing worse than being mistaken for someone you really, really don't like. Stephen King knows this better than most. The famed horror author shares a name with Rep. Steve…
Alongside video games, another thing Donald Trump blamed for the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio was mental illness. "Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger," he said during a…
Captain America by name, Captain America by nature. When Chris Evans isn't busy defending the planet from intergalactic threats, he's out policing the digital highways of Twitter — shutting down…
Lena Headey, much like her Game of Thrones character, is not one to mince her words. The actor has previously hit out at Donald Trump on Twitter, and now she's…
Every so often a photograph captures a facial expression so priceless that you feel compelled to print it out, frame it, and do something really dramatic like sneak it into…
It's kind of amazing that Donald Trump has yet to get into a Twitter feud with Stephen King. Given how often the horror master tweets about the president, and how…
The song, "You Need To Calm Down," feature lyrics showing the artist's support of the LGBTQ community. The song further continues Swift's growing political voice, something she shied away from…
Every day of Pride Month, Mashable will be sharing illuminating conversations with members of the LGBTQ community who are making history right now. Laverne Cox is a woman of "firsts." …
What is authoritarianism? Are there different types of authoritarianism? And how do authoritarian regimes function? What Is Authoritarianism? Broadly, an authoritarian regime can be simplistically characterized as extreme centralization of…
Queer Eye's master of decor, Bobby Berk, is in Washington, D.C., for a week and he has some big plans. Berk reached out to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter to…
Governments all over the world are still failing women every single day, and it's still far too dangerous for women to speak out about issues of discrimination and abuse. That's…
If you don't trust America's political system, you have plenty of reasons not to — and you're not alone. In a video by RepresentUs, an organization aimed at ending corruption…
Many people have a deep love and pride for where they come from. It’s part of what makes us who we are. We throw around the terms nationalism and patriotism…
Countries can form many different types of bonds and alliances with one another, and a dominion is one such relationship. In the past, the word “dominion” was used to describe…
In this post, we’ll work to define the term “protectorate”. What is a protectorate? Why do we have them? And how do protectorates work? Big and Small Countries There are…