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The 10 best hiking sunglasses

Nothing beats a beautiful hike in the great outdoors, but it’s important to remember to protect your eyes from the sun’s powerful UV rays while doing so. The best hiking sunglasses have polarized lenses that filter out UVA and UVB light, with a…

Mic · Sep 4, 2021

41 fitness products that are best sellers on Amazon because they're actually life-changing

There aren't many products you can truly call "life-changing," but the ones that have made the biggest difference in my life have had to do with fitness. And I'm not alone. Best-selling fitness products on Amazon are filled with reviews from people…

Mic · Sep 4, 2021

How to deal with your rage at this point in the pandemic

After getting my second dose of Pfizer in the spring, I cautiously allowed myself to feel hope. At the time, vaccination rates were still on the rise in the U.S., and the Internet was abuzz with the shimmering promise of Hot Vax Summer. But that…

Mic · Sep 3, 2021

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Issa Rae's 'Insecure' is coming to an end — but the show has taught us a lot

Unfortunately, the series finale of Insecure finally has a release date, so the end is near. Today, a new trailer revealed that the final season begins October 24, and will feature Issa reflecting on her life one last time. The trailer is centered…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

Doling out songwriting credits is costing Olivia Rodrigo millions

You can't turn on the radio these days without hearing an Olivia Rodrigo song. Lines from "Deja Vu" about strawberry ice cream and Billy Joel have been stuck in my head all summer. Even when her tunes weren't being piped over the airwaves into my…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

Bumpy Johnson is the prefect archetype of a Black anti-hero

“We always look at gangsters like they're not human beings.”- Godfather of Harlem creator Markuann Smith The 2010s was the decade of the anti-hero. Between 2010 and 2019, Mad Men's Jon Hamm, Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, Succession's Brian Cox,…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

Nia DaCosta landed a Marvel movie and is still in student loan debt

Student loans are one of the scourges of society. It feels Sisyphean really, the fact that loans are inevitable for most people in order to get a college education, and we live in a society built on the college industrial complex that tells us that…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

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Ted Cruz, you dunce, you Eddie Munster-looking nincompoop, it's time to log off

Time to Log Off is a weekly series documenting the many ways our political figures show their whole asses online. Let's get one thing clear right off the bat: Texas senator and sedition enthusiast Ted Cruz is very bad at being very online. He tries,…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

There’s a new COVID variant. Here’s what we know about Mu so far

Just like Donald Trump in the 2010s, COVID-19 keeps traveling the globe and reinventing itself — and none of us are rooting for it. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) added yet another COVID mutation that could evade our current…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

Vaccinated people won’t likely have long-term COVID symptoms, according to new research

This wretched pandemic has been full of terrible mysteries, and long COVID has been among the most confounding. Long haul COVID — a condition that involves lingering ailments that sometimes follow infection — is strange enough that, for a while at…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

This isn't a preview of cataclysmic climate change. It's the actual show

At least 14 people are dead and scores more hurt, stranded, and desperate in the Tri-State region after the remnants of Hurricane Ida thrashed the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday night, bringing the floods and devastation Ida unleashed in Louisiana…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

Not on social media at all? I'm instantly horny

The first thing I do when I match with someone on a dating app is google them. It feels important to know from the jump if someone is, say, a raging psychopath or — worse — a vocal conservative. If they’re on social media, though, I opt not to troll…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

Joe Rogan has COVID-19, but he's still spreading misinformation

On Wednesday, comic and podcast megastar Joe Rogan revealed that he had recently contracted COVID-19. On a short Instagram video, Rogan described his early symptoms and his apparently quick recovery — after having tried an armful of medicines to…

Mic · Sep 2, 2021

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, New Orleanians are saving New Orleans

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, millions of people in New Orleans are without electricity and safe drinking water. Those of us who were lucky enough to evacuate before the storm are being told we can’t come home because the streets and the city aren’t…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

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Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Insurance companies are using an infuriating loophole to deny mental health coverage

Unless you're a golden retriever, this past year-and-a-half has probably taken a sizable toll on your mental health. In fact, 4 out of 10 American adults said they felt anxious or depressed since the pandemic began — compared to just 1 in 10 in…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

DaBaby met with HIV organizations, but does that absolve him?

DaBaby has had a busy five weeks in the pop culture news cycle since his July 25th appearance at Miami's Rolling Loud music festival, and not in a good way. For those of you who take good care of your mental health and stay far away from the sticky…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Smell sulfur? It's because Trump's Miami resort is hosting a party of the damned

"Hell," Sartre famously wrote, "is other people." And even though he coined the phrase almost 80 years ago, I like to think he somehow had the upcoming "AmpFest" in mind when he did. Because if there is a hell, then it's definitely at former…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Wind power is surging in the U.S., which means all sorts of good things

Sorry, Dunkin', but America increasingly runs on wind. According to a new report from the Department of Energy, wind was the fastest growing energy source in the country last year, and it wasn't particularly close. 2020 marked a record year for the…

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Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Jamie Spears reportedly wants $2 million to step down as Britney's conservator

According to Britney Spears' new lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, her father is trying to weasel an additional $2 million away from the pop star before he agrees to step down as her conservator. You see, Jamie Spears filed legal documents in early August…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Texas essentially outlawed abortion overnight

This summer, Texas politicians have escalated their attacks on reproductive rights with the support of Gov. Greg Abbott (R). Just two months ago, Abbott signed two of the nation's most extreme anti-abortion laws. Despite efforts from reproductive…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

5 reasons to feel hopeful about the climate change fight

In this day and age, if you hear the word "climate," the word "disaster" — or perhaps "crisis" — is likely to follow. From terrible wildfires, to microplastic pollution, to Earth clocking in at the hottest it's been in 12,000 years, there's no…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently thinks she can just "shut down" telecom companies

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene occupies a weird liminal space within the conservative political power matrix. As a lone representative for the minority party who's been stripped of her House committee seats, Greene's parliamentary…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

How One Surprising Industry Is Being Affected By The World’s Shrinking Forests

Deforestation has become an increasingly pressing issue over the last decade in the United States, with news of wildfires on the West Coast – in states like California and Oregon – becoming an almost daily occurrence. These fires have resulted in…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

Back-to-school usually means a fresh start. What does that even look like this year?

Back-to-school season has always been steeped in cultural lore. It’s a chance for reinvention after a summer spent doing what’s considered a hallmark of coming-of-age: changing. Back-to-school is like a new year, but instead of confetti poppers and…

Mic · Sep 1, 2021

How did soy milk get so queer?

Long before I knew that I liked men, I knew I loved soy milk. I can’t remember when the obsession began, but I would often beg my mom to buy a big carton of it from H-Mart. It was light, a little sweet, and felt way fancier to drink than…

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