Starbucks Reverses Its Open-Door Bathroom Policy Starbucks reverses its open-door policy requiring purchases for restroom access and seating after nearly seven years of inclusivity. Mic · Oct 4, 2021
Madison Cawthorn is very down to bring God into the government You might think that a politician caught on tape overtly blurring the lines between church and state — not in a "I'm a religious person and I bring those values to work with me" sort of way, but more like "if the government doesn't reflect my… Mic · Oct 4, 2021
An oil spill poured 126,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean last weekend Here's a reminder that we don't have to burn fossil fuels in order to destroy the planet with them. A pipeline failure off the coast of Southern California that started Saturday has by now poured at least 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the… Mic · Oct 4, 2021
With friends like these, no wonder people are yelling at Kyrsten Sinema First and foremost, let's get this out of the way: I am personally of the mind that if someone is elected to high national office, they absolutely deserve to be yelled at all the time, no matter the circumstances. If a person holds the lives and… Mic · Oct 4, 2021
47 clever things that'll instantly make you like your home a lot more Let's face it: We've all been spending a lot more time inside our homes. But that doesn't have to be a bad thing. In your own space, you get to make the rules — including what you put in it. Whether it's an ingenious storage hack or a creative… Mic · Oct 3, 2021
44 easy things you can do around your house that'll save you so much money When you own your own home, it seems like every two weeks you're having to make a repair, and those repairs always cost way too much money. Even as a renter there's always maintenance to do; I'm lucky enough to live in a house with a yard, and while… Mic · Oct 2, 2021
Mic · Oct 1, 2021 Prince's 'Diamonds and Pearls' laid a daring blueprint for Black musicians Prince spent the late 1980s on one of the most unpredictable and remarkable music tears the industry has ever seen. Having launched himself into megastardom after 1984’s hit movie and soundtrack Purple Rain, the mercurial artist spent the second…
Mic · Oct 1, 2021 The problem with 'The Problem With Jon Stewart' When Jon Stewart debated the bowtied Tucker Carlson on CNN's Crossfire in 2006, he drew a now-infamous distinction between his work as a comedian and Carlson's career as a bigoted polemicist, explaining, "You're on CNN. The show that's leading into…
Mic · Sep 30, 2021 California is paying people to stop using meth Under capitalism, there is no incentive as powerful as money. It’s the reason most of us do anything besides eat, sleep, and watch anime. Lawmakers in California know this too, which is why they’ve started paying people battling a meth addiction…
Mic · Sep 30, 2021 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 Utility companies raked in bailout money and shut people's lights off anyway As the coronavirus pandemic raged (well, first raged, since it continues to do so), utility companies across the country got a bailout. Through the CARES Act, the federal government distributed a collective $1.25 billion of taxpayer money to a…
Mic · Sep 30, 2021 The "moderate" Democrats tanking Biden's agenda are being total weirdos about it As things stand right now, President Biden's domestic agenda should be thought of in terms of Homer's classic greek epic The Odyssey — namely, the part where protagonist Odysseus is forced to sail his ship through the Strait of Messina, boxed in by…
Mic · Sep 30, 2021 Britney Spears is free from her father. Here's how the #FreeBritney army celebrated When Jamie Spears was removed from his daughter’s conservatorship, supporters of the singer took to the streets of Los Angeles to celebrate.
Mic · Sep 29, 2021 Massachusetts is strong-arming legal pot shops to pay for more cops As cannabis legalization efforts continue to roll across the country unabated, some communities already enjoying the fruits of the legal weed movement have found themselves in an awkward position: if certain dispensaries want to continue operating,…
Mic · Sep 29, 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…