Red Flag Law Could red flag laws prevent mass shootings — and gun violence in general? Experts weigh inMic News - Melissa Pandika Connor Betts, 24, who killed nine people with an AR-15-style rifle in Dayton, Ohio on August 4, reportedly displayed violent tendencies toward women. …
News New Trump immigration regulation would allow for the indefinite detention of migrant childrenMic News - AJ Dellinger Since 1997, the United States has had a precedent on the books that restricts the amount of time that the government can legally detain an immigrant …
Eric Garner In rare decision, NYPD fires the officer who put Eric Garner in a chokeholdMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler Five years after New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, 34, was filmed putting Eric Garner into a chokehold, killing Garner, Pantaleo is being …
Jeffrey Epstein 4chan reported Jeffrey Epstein's death before official report was even made publicMic News - AJ Dellinger On August 10, billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. But before the news broke to the public, a post on 4chan …
Ken Cuccinelli Trump's Director of Immigration wants to rewrite the Statue of Liberty's iconic textMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler In the country’s darkest moments, the poem on the Statue of Liberty has stood as beacon of what the United States is supposed to represent, an …
Endangered Species Endangered Species Act: How Trump administration changes weaken protections for threatened animalsMic News - AJ Dellinger Since being passed in 1973, the Endangered Species Act has been one of the most powerful and effective tools for protecting biodiversity and staving …
Mass Shootings Mass shootings can be contagious, so why are we still not treating them like a health crisis?Mic News - Michael Stahl Bedlam erupted on the evening of August 6 in Times Square, when a typically congested summer crowd of tourists and sightseers suddenly rushed across …
Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders promises to reveal UFO secrets if he’s elected presidentMic News - AJ Dellinger Facebook may have shut down the "Storm Area 51" event that managed to rack up more than two million attendees, but people know the truth is still out …
Latinx J Balvin and Bad Bunny are headlining a Latinx music festival to raise money for mass shooting victimsMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler An upcoming Latinx music festival in Texas will feature some of the biggest stars in reggaeton, while raising funds for the victims of the recent …
Toni Morrison Toni Morrison's influence on Black writers has been revolutionary. Here's how I'm paying her homage.Mic News - George M. Johnson It was early 2017 when I got this Toni Morrison quote tattooed on my arm: “If there's a book that you want to read, and it hasn’t been written yet, …
Viral Galveston police have apologized after a photo of offers leading a black man with a rope went viralMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler On Monday, August 5, the chief of the Galveston, Texas police department released an apology for a photo that had gone viral the weekend before: An …
Toni Morrison Toni Morrison tributes show the late author's enormous influence on the worldMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler On Tuesday, August 6, the family of Toni Morrison confirmed that the acclaimed author had died on Monday evening. She was 88 years old, and left …
Rihanna Rihanna's response to Trump's tweets on the mass shootings powerfully called out the presidentMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler In less than 13 hours between August 4 and August 5, 30 people were killed in two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Among the dead …
Hepatitis Hepatitis A outbreaks have hit several states — here's what you need to knowMic News - Michael Stahl A recent series of hepatitis A outbreaks in several states across the country have government officials so concerned about public safety that some …
Teeth A dentist explains how it's possible for a person to have 526 teethMic News - Michael Stahl The infamous jaws of a great white shark have nothing on one seven-year-old from India. In a blog post published this morning by the Saveetha Dental …
Eric Garner Protests during the Democratic debate called out the handling of the Eric Garner caseMic News - Michael Stahl The seats in the Fox Theater in Detroit were hardly warm before Wednesday night’s Democratic debate was halted by protests. As New York City Mayor …
Elizabeth Warren The 2020 Democratic debate's best lines included a show-stopping quote from Elizabeth WarrenMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler We are now in the second round of the 2020 Democratic debates, with 10 of the 20 candidates who qualified taking the stage on Tuesday night. The …
Betsy DeVos LGBTQ students' discrimination complaints are more likely to be unaddressed or dismissed under Betsy DeVos' leadershipMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler A new study from the Center for American Progress (CAP) reports that President Trump's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, has been failing to …
Puerto Rico How Puerto Rican music has added power to the historic protestsMic News - Victoria Leandra Hernández For more than two weeks now, Puerto Ricans have been protesting. The uprising that began as #RickyRenuncia has evolved into #WandaRenuncia after the …
Oregon's mental health law sets an example for the rest of the countryMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler In the United States, the rate of suicides hit a 50-year high in 2017, according to the Center for Disease Control, and was the second leading cause …
18 Kirsten Gillibrand quotes that prove she's a candidate to watchMic News - Rachel Simon To say that the 2020 presidential race is a crowded field is an understatement; there are currently 24 Democrats vying for the job, and with many …
Kirsten Gillibrand on demanding Al Franken's resignation: "I do not have any regrets"Mic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler Senator Kirsten Gillibrand responded to a recent New Yorker article on the sexual misconduct allegations against former Democratic Senator Al Franken …
Higher gun ownership rates are associated with higher rates of domestic gun homicides — especially for womenMic News - Melissa Pandika U.S. states with higher rates of gun ownership had higher rates of gun deaths of intimate partners and family members over a more than 15-year period, …
The Puerto Rico protests are only gaining steam, so here's everything you need to knowMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler On Wednesday, July 17. at least 100,000 Puerto Ricans took to the streets of San Juan, calling for the governor of the island, Ricardo Rosselló, to …
How Jews are fighting ICE by teaming up with immigrant-led organizations in protestMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the U.S. migrant detention centers "concentration camps" after photos from inside the facilities were …
Julian Castro's speech on Eric Garner's death condemns the Justice Department's decision not to file chargesMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler On Tuesday, July 16, five years after Eric Garner was killed by New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo, the Justice Department declined to file …
Cardi B supports Bernie Sanders in a tweet, but it's not the first time she's endorsed the politicianMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler The Democratic primaries are in full swing, as 24 candidates race to earn public support before the 2020 election. And Senator Bernie Sanders just …
Eric Garner's death won't lead to federal charges for the NYPD officer who held him in a chokeholdMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler On Tuesday, July 16, the Justice Department announced that it will not bring criminal civil rights charges against New York City police officer …
Labor secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid backlash over his handling of a Jeffrey Epstein plea dealMic News - Opheli Garcia Lawler On Friday, July 12, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigned from President Donald Trump's cabinet after continued scrutiny over his involvement in a …
