UNCOVERED: 89 | History Defined

Decluttering is bad for the planet. Here’s how to do it sustainably

Picture your neighborhood garbage truck. Got it in your mind? Now picture 29,000 of them, lined up end to end, stretching from Sacramento to San Jose, California. Then, finally, picture all those trucks, brimming with trash and dumping it all in a…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

An Alabama doctor will stop seeing patients who refuse to get the vaccine

The number of positive coronavirus cases is growing at a terrifying rate across the U.S., but nowhere more so than the South. The top 10 states with the most new COVID cases are all in the South, and it’s no coincidence that vaccination rates are…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

Facebook introduces VR workplaces, a thing no one wanted

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge due to the Delta variant, workplaces across the country are debating whether or not it's safe to bring their employees back into the office. Well, Facebook has a solution: Give Facebook a ton of money…

Mic · Aug 19, 2021

Are Kanye's 'Donda' diversions building hype or eroding interest?

Here we go again. It’s not exactly deja vu, but it does feel like we’re stuck in a loop. Kanye West has once again announced a listening party for his (supposedly) upcoming album, DONDA. The gathering, taking place on Aug. 26 at Soldier Field in his…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse killed their son. Now they're suing the cops they say let it happen

It's been nearly a year since aspiring police officer-cum-aspiring militia member Kyle Rittenhouse gunned down two people on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the height of the social justice protests following the police shooting of Jacob…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021

We might get COVID booster shots as soon as next month

The booster talk has been absolutely incessant for the past couple of weeks. Will we have access? Do we need them yet? Is it ethical to move this fast when other countries are still struggling to get their first shot? Last week, the Food and Drug…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021

Facebook draws the line at bullying Lizzo, apparently

Facebook has a stern warning for the trolls who dared to bully Lizzo on its platforms: knock it out, or we'll kick you off. Sources at the social media behemoth told TMZ they've scrubbed a number of hateful comments left on the star's recent…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021

Anderson .Paak just made his wishes very clear regarding posthumous releases

Posthumous releases have always been clouded in moral ambiguity. Artists spend whole careers fighting for complete creative control over their art, and grappling with their message. Creatives obsess over their creations; it's just the nature of the…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021

The Delta variant is giving me hoarding deja vu and I hate it

Watching people respond to the Delta variant is like replaying a horror movie in fast forward. We can cover our eyes with our hands, but this time around we don’t even need to peek between our fingers to see the chaos. Collectively terrified about…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021

Texas is the perfect microcosm of America's next COVID surge

When a spokesman for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday night that the man leading his state's open embrace of the latest coronavirus surge had, himself, contracted coronavirus, it was largely met with the sort of schadenfreude and derision…

Mic · Aug 18, 2021