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Isaac Hayes III's Fanbase app offers an alternative to predatory social media platforms

By 1976, Isaac Hayes was the king of soul music, an Academy Award winner for this theme song on the 1971 film Shaft, and one of the most recognizable voices in the world. He was also bankrupt. His label Stax Records faced financial hardships in the…

Mic · Jul 15, 2021

The Sarah Baartman Effect: How Black women's bodies are still both exploited and revered

In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form: Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman hips Gotta hop into my jeans like I hop into my…

Mic · Jul 15, 2021

Stephen Breyer won't retire from SCOTUS because he's having too much darn fun

Perhaps the single most impactful feature of Donald Trump's disastrous tenure as president, aside from the rise in bigoted proto-fascism, has been the inexorable rightward lurch of the United States Supreme Court. His successful nominations of three…

Mic · Jul 15, 2021

How the White House uses celebs to relate to kids these days

Teenage pop phenomenon Olivia Rodrigo stopped by the White House on Wednesday to meet with a couple of policy wonks more than six decades her senior. President Joe Biden, 78, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, 80, welcomed the "Driver's License" singer, 18, to…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021

Mississippi has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, and Facebook isn't helping

When the coronavirus vaccines first dropped, many people were hopeful that the pandemic would come to a quick end. But unfortunately, the misinformation that has run rampant since the pandemic began didn't just go away. As social media continues to…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021

Bernie Sanders simply does not care about your archaic Senate rules

The procedural rules of the United States Senate are often complicated and arcane. That's fine, sort of, under ideal circumstances, but we're in the middle of a climate crisis and Bernie Sanders simply doesn't have time for that shit. On Wednesday,…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021

New study confirms we're right on time for a complete societal collapse

In 1972, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a bold prediction. By developing a scientific model that considered the way that humans and the planet interact with each other, the researchers determined that society was…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021

How the Delta variant could mess with your summer travel

It wouldn’t be Hot Vax Summer without finally getting to jet off somewhere. And now, with much of the country reopened, we’ll have way more opportunities for revelry at our destinations than we did this time last year. But the spread of the Delta…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021

Why do we give a shit about Tucker Carlson?

What is there to say about Tucker Carlson that hasn't already been said? It's a question I've been asking myself all morning, thanks to a recent glut of Carlson-centric essays and examinations in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021

The Frito-Lay workers' strike has revealed some horrifying working conditions

In the United States, conversations about getting people back to work have dominated, as doing so is seen as a sign that the pandemic is finally ending. But as some states implement back-to-work bonuses, few are willing to acknowledge why people…

Mic · Jul 14, 2021