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Fox News wants to know whether the U.S. really needs to take in Afghan refugees (Spoiler: Yes)

This weekend, people around the world watched with horror as the Taliban swiftly advanced across Afghanistan. Following the capture of three provincial capital cities and the siege of Kabul, the national capital, many are desperate to leave the…

Mic · Aug 17, 2021

How to best help Haiti, according to Haitians

Over the weekend, the nation of Haiti was shaken by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. The amount of destruction done is still being measured. The death toll has already passed 1,300, with more lives lost still expected to be tallied. Thousands more are…

Mic · Aug 17, 2021

Gene editing could hide us from bloodthirsty mosquitoes

If you’re anything like me, you live for balmy summer nights outside, a tumbler of bourbon or other libation in hand. Alas, this moment of chill often comes at a price: red, swollen, itchy mosquito bites. But a study recently published in the…

Mic · Aug 17, 2021

In this house, we do not tolerate Lizzo slander

Humanitarian crises are unfolding in Afghanistan and Haiti. Climate change is getting dire. Low vaccination rates and the Delta variant could be plunging us back into the dark days of lockdown. And yet some people have nothing better to do than…

Mic · Aug 16, 2021

Everyone is bungling their Afghanistan commentary in favor of covering their own ass

The staggering collapse of the West-backed Afghan government and the stunning reclamation of the country by the fundamentalist Taliban occupies a strange place in the geopolitics of the 21st century. On one hand, it's the entirely predictable…

Mic · Aug 16, 2021

The death toll of the Haiti earthquake just keeps rising

On Saturday morning, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Caribbean, rattling the ground over a 300-mile radius and producing the longest-lasting tremor ever felt in the region. But no place was more affected by the sudden shift under the Earth's…

Mic · Aug 16, 2021

Let's revisit Barbara Lee's lonely vote against the Afghanistan invasion

On Sept. 14, 2001 — just days after three airplanes burrowed into Manhattan's World Trade Center and the Pentagon building outside Washington, D.C. — the United States House of Representatives voted 420-1 on a resolution that "authorized to use all…

Mic · Aug 16, 2021

World-class breakdancers are gearing up to become Olympic athletes in 2024

Breakdancing is the most popular element of hip-hop which still resembles its 1970s start. Breakdancing cyphers still feature DJs scratching breakbeats, Kangol hats in the audience and dancers shuffling their feet like they're in hip-hop's earliest…

Mic · Aug 16, 2021

People can't seem to get enough of these 47 cheap, cool things on Amazon

Sure, shopping IRL is fun (who doesn't like to get out of the house?), but shopping on Amazon has its perks. When you think about it, you have hundreds and thousands of cool products at your fingertips, all of which you can buy with a few clicks.…

Mic · Aug 16, 2021

The 10 best leather messenger bags

To tote your essentials in style, the best leather messenger bags combine form and functionality with enough room to hold a tablet or laptop, plus your other daily necessities. There’s a lot of variety when it comes to durability, so it’s worth…

Mic · Aug 15, 2021