The 2018 midterms saw Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez become the youngest woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives – the result of a campaign that harnessed the power of social media to great effect. What can brands and politicians learn from this digitally-savvy politician?

Snapchat’s first global campaign is playing off the idea of ‘real friends’. As other social media platforms are skewered for promoting disingenuous posts and making people feel lonelier, Snap is showing it's the platform that’s built for small-scale, genuine interaction with one’s inner circle.

Right in time for the beginning of Women’s History month, Devil’s Due Comic has unveiled its new heroine: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The youngest-ever woman in the US House of Representatives is using her hero status to inspire women and Latinos.

As political views polarize along generational and cultural lines in the US, echo chambers are inhibiting civic conversations. For Freedoms is tackling this state-by-state by creating billboards in partnership with artists, sparking public discussion ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.