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Andrew Yang needs to stop trying to make Andrew Yang happen

Time to Log Off is a weekly series documenting the many ways our political figures show their whole asses online. Cast your memory back to the halcyon days before the soul-crushing slog that was the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. The world…

Mic · Sep 30, 2021

D.C. cut funding for this queer youth emergency shelter and now it's facing closure

Housing insecurity is an urgent issue for queer people. The U.S. government estimates that between 20-40% of houseless youths are LGBTQ+. Despite this harsh reality, it has been notoriously difficult for shelters that serve queer people to get…

Mic · Sep 30, 2021

Solange helped me get through my first bipolar manic episode

Listening to 'A Seat at the Table,' in my manic mind I was convinced that I was in the process of being spiritually reborn.

Mic · Sep 30, 2021

YouTube is banning anti-vax content — but is it too little, too late?

While many have pointed fingers at the Delta variant for the most recent coronavirus surge, rampant misinformation is arguably just as much to blame. Anti-vaxxers have justified their refusal to get the jab with all kinds of ludicrous conspiracy…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021

LeBron James is vaccinated but also gave the unvaccinated more ammo

LeBron James took the NBA's vaccination efforts one step forward before taking it one step back. During the Lakers's first media day of the 2021-2022 NBA season, James revealed he was vaccinated but stopped short of advocating for others to do the…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021

23 species of animals and plants have been declared extinct

Odds are, you've never seen an ivory-billed woodpecker. The stunning and long-endangered avian species has eluded birdwatchers for generations, sending people deep into the swamps of the southeastern United States just to catch a glimpse of the…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021

This right-wing "health care organization" is making millions off of fake COVID cures

Some Pro-Trump conservatives who still refuse to get vaccinated are relying on hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat the virus — drugs that the FDA and the medical community have staunchly warned against taking. This week, the Intercept…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021

A union dispute is threatening to shut down Hollywood

Even before we were firmly in year two of a global pandemic, movies and television were a cultural salve that kept us binge watching and meme making. When the world is so politically divided, the content we consume is often a rarified common ground.…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021

Here's what to expect from the COVID booster as far as side effects

Now that the COVID-19 boosters are rolling out for older Americans and those with high-risk jobs, some of us are voicing our anxiety about side effects. A lot of people found the vaccine side effects — nightmarish chills and low grade fevers —…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021

Madison Cawthorn, go back to Sunday school

At a certain point you have to wonder if North Carolina Republican congressman and committed seditionist Madison Cawthorn knows he's completely full of shit, or if he's bought into his own MAGA-fied sense of both personal (and, evidently, racial)…

Mic · Sep 29, 2021