What Naomi Osaka endured at Indian Wells cuts deeper than simple "heckling" Serena Williams boycotted the tennis tournament for 14 years because of its notoriously racist fans — and still, nothing has changed. Mic · Mar 16, 2022
I'm approaching this Ralph Lauren x HBCU collab with cautious optmism As a recent Spelman graduate, I can easily recognize how the history of our beloved institutions get romanticized. Mic · Mar 15, 2022
How artists help us believe in a more just future Activism is all about making things better. Painters, illustrators, and graphic designers help us see the details. Mic · Mar 15, 2022
The secret service’s threat report on incels is both enlightening and terrifying Some new insight into the growing violent movement of involuntary celibates. Mic · Mar 15, 2022
The Grammys want you to know they're not old The Recording Academy announced its first slate of performers for this year's ceremony Mic · Mar 15, 2022
Jake Paul offered Kanye West and Pete Davidson $60 million to fight, which is gross The proposal isn’t just gimmicky — it’s exploitative of someone with a mental health issue. Mic · Mar 15, 2022
How young creatives in Kyiv are adapting to their wartime reality “Some people found themselves through this war and others lost themselves.” Mic · Mar 14, 2022
This Kansas teacher is suing her school so that she can continue to misgender students Apparently calling someone by their name is against her religion. Mic · Mar 14, 2022
Joe Manchin doesn’t know how electric cars work The senator from West Virginia says he’s worried about people “standing in line” waiting for car batteries. Mic · Mar 14, 2022
Looks like Pete Davidson tried to talk some sense into Kanye West Their conversation didn’t go so well. Mic · Mar 14, 2022
These cheap gifts are selling out on Amazon because they're so damn clever These clever and efficient products are backed by plenty of praise that will make you want to high-five whoever invented them. Mic · Mar 13, 2022
How Samuel L. Jackson's latest role forced him to confront his mortality The legendary actor is getting honest about what scares him. Mic · Mar 11, 2022
The global COVID death toll might be way higher than we thought New research reveals a scary new estimate of how many people we lost to the pandemic. Mic · Mar 11, 2022
How I paid off $200k in debt in 3 years There’s a life I want to live that doesn’t have me shackled to debt, and I couldn’t keep waiting for someone else to get me there. Mic · Mar 11, 2022
Mic · Mar 11, 2022 In 'Troublemaker,' John Cho rethinks the L.A. riots In a conversation about his debut novel, Cho unpacks police brutality, gun violence, and the weight of the American Dream.
Mic · Mar 10, 2022 Gross problems in your home you need to stop ignoring because there are easy solutions There are so many ingenious products on Amazon that help you tackle small and big cleaning jobs to make them easier on you and your home.
Mic · Mar 10, 2022 New Yorkers with weed convictions will be first to receive retail licenses The plan is a modest but notable attempt at social equity in a profoundly white industry.
Mic · Mar 10, 2022 Ron DeSantis’s war on Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District is both dumb and self-defeating His constituents are the ones who will foot the bill for his MAGA posturing.
Mic · Mar 10, 2022 Abbott Elementary is bringing Scholastic book fairs to underfunded schools A case of life imitating art that we love to see.
Mic · Mar 9, 2022 Please enjoy Lauren Boebert sputtering about Robin Hood characters on live TV Just a girl, standing in front of Jesse Watters, having a very hard time trying to parse the nuances of a cartoon cat.
Mic · Mar 9, 2022 Skin lightening creams are still racist, but now we know they're also chemically toxic A new report reveals that many of the ones sold online contain dangerous amounts of mercury.
Mic · Mar 9, 2022 Travis Scott is investing millions into a new initiative for concert safety Project HEAL will take a holistic, community-focused approach to preventing future tragedies like Astroworld.
Mic · Mar 9, 2022 When fruity vapes were banned, Puff Bar found a way in: synthetic nicotine Puff Bar avoided the fruity vape ban by using a synthetic copycat drug — and they got away with it for a while.
Mic · Mar 9, 2022 'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for a bank robber in Atlanta The Oscar nominee was handcuffed after trying to discretely make a withdrawal of $12,000.
Mic · Mar 9, 2022 Add Joro spiders to your 2022 nightmare list The Joro spider is about to take over the Eastern Seaboard, researchers say.