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Andrea Stanley

A former features director at Cosmopolitan, Andrea is a freelance journalist who reports on politics, people, culture, social trends, physical and mental health, and more.

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Thousands of People Are Trying to Leave QAnon, but Getting Out Is Almost Impossible

In a Cosmo exclusive, women on both sides—the former believers and the doctors they’re turning to—show us what it takes to escape.

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Meet the Black Women Who Rode Motorcycles Cross-Country to the March on Washington

Six women. Four days. Nearly 3,000 miles. All in the name of civil rights.

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Practical Advice for Post-Pandemic Times

All the job, money, mental health, and other help you need.

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Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?

You’ve never heard of her, but somewhere in America, a top secret investigator known as the Savant is infiltrating online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country. Cosmopolitan goes undercover as she races to get ahead of the next large-scale attack.

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Your Non-Scary Guide to Going to Rehab

Right this second, more than five million young people in America are struggling with alcohol, pain pills, benzos, heroin, and other drugs. And most will never get help. The obstacles are huge: stigma, cost, access. But rehab saves lives. It could save yours. It could save your friend’s. Start here.

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Yes, You Can Stop Betsy DeVos's Sh*tty New Campus Sexual Assault Rules

In an exclusive video shared with Cosmopolitan, Alyssa Milano explains how your comment can help survivors of sexual assault.

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