July 2018 Impact Articles
- Mic Daily: Why Bernie Sanders’ campaign strategist is caught in the Manafort trial and more
- Drive.ai brings its first driverless car service to Texas. Here’s how it’s keeping pedestrians safe.
- Crystle Galloway died after four paramedics denied her help. Now, her family wants them fired.
- 23andMe, Ancestry and other DNA testing companies agree to better protect your genetic information
- Facebook says it found dozens of fake pages trying to influence the 2018 midterms
- Why Bernie Sanders’ top campaign strategist is caught up in the Paul Manafort trial
- Son of couple who called 911 on black boy mowing lawn accused of threatening black teens with gun
- My mom is transitioning to become my dad. How do I support him when I feel like I’m mourning my mom?
- “Abortion is OK!”: How southern activists are providing a template for a post-‘Roe v. Wade’ future
- Today in Trump’s America: Paul Manafort’s first trial begins
- Mic Daily: Rudy Giuliani’s bizarre TV appearances, the latest ‘Who Is America?’ episode and more
- Trayvon Martin’s dad: Markeis McGlockton’s death is a direct result of George Zimmerman’s acquittal
- Paul Manafort’s first trial begins this week: Here’s what to expect
- This artificial intelligence can guess your personality, just by looking into your eyes
- Rudy Giuliani keeps moving the bar on the Mueller investigation
- Today in Trump’s America: Less than 100 days until the midterms, Democrats are positioned for gains
- Coming up this week in politics: Paul Manafort trial begins as Trump rallies in swing states
- Trump threatens to shut down the government over border security
- Rudy Giuliani accuses Michael Cohen of tampering with Trump recording
- The Midwest has a long history of radical candidates — on the right and left
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: All eyes turn to Cohen as the president bashes former fixer
- In new video message, Trump invokes 9/11 to justify immigration policies
- CBS exec Les Moonves accused of sexual misconduct in latest Ronan Farrow bombshell
- Former Trump lawyer: Rudy’s rambling on Cohen “damaging” Trump’s case
- Mic Daily: Democrats call for election security and more
- How states are working to dismantle the “deportation pipeline”
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about Cohen’s tape
- Democrats call on Republicans to safeguard elections as Trump meets with National Security Council
- Today in Trump’s America: Michael Cohen says Trump knew about the infamous Trump Tower meeting
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 4: Candace Owens; beauty products’ toxic ingredients (Full transcript)
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 4: Candace Owens; beauty products’ toxic ingredients
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 4: Candace Owens says Democrats have failed black Americans. Is she right?
- NYC mayor Bill de Blasio won’t commit to firing all the officers involved in Eric Garner’s death
- Mic Daily: Trump threatens Twitter, Disney to ban plastic straws and more
- Deadline to reunite immigrant families arrives, but a “serious situation” remains at the border
- In an ACLU test, Amazon’s facial recognition tech wrongly matched mugshots to 28 members of Congress
- Jim Jordan to run to replace Paul Ryan as House speaker
- Movement Must-Reads: Nia Wilson, #MuteRKelly and the deadly costs of global agribusiness
- Trump issues threat to Twitter for supposed “shadow banning,” which it wasn’t actually doing
- Black gun rights advocates criticize FBI’s, NRA’s response to Rakem Balogun
- 7 artists created vibrant portraits memorializing Oakland stabbing victim Nia Wilson
- Today in Trump’s America: Congress takes a big step toward impeachment… but not for Trump
- Mic Daily: A new study on police homicides, Trump makes claims about the Cohen tape and more
- Pompeo grilled by Senate, says Russia “has acted in a manner unworthy of a great nation”
- Lawsuit moves to keep the blueprints for 3D printed guns off the web
- Ocasio-Cortez campaign ad creators release powerful new video for another socialist candidate
- John Lee Cowell charged with murder in the stabbing death of Nia Wilson on BART station platform
- “This isn’t like North Korea”: Trump’s saber-rattling could put US on a collision course with Iran
- Parents of Sandy Hook victim say Facebook isn’t protecting them from harassment
- Federal judge strikes down Florida’s early voting ban on college campuses as discrimination
- Diamond Stephens, 39-year-old trans woman, killed in Mississippi
- 2017 was the deadliest year on record for people protecting land from agribusiness
- Chikesia Clemons found guilty of disorderly conduct in Waffle House incident, attorney files appeal
- 8% of all male homicides are committed by police, study says — and black men are most at risk
- Trump claims “positive things” he said were edited out of Cohen tape
- Pablo Villavicencio, the pizza deliveryman detained by ICE, freed by federal judge
- Today in Trump’s America: Audio shows Trump wanted to pay cash to silence ‘Playboy’ model
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 3: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cynthia Nixon; Fat Girls Dance
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 3 : Ocasio-Cortez, Nixon and a plus-size dance revolution (full transcript)
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 3: Are Cynthia Nixon and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the future for Democrats?
- How Fat Girls Dance is dismantling stigmas toward fat bodies
- Mic Daily: Second immigration deadline looms, GOP pans Trump’s $12 billion farm relief and more
- Sasha Garden, 27-year-old transgender woman, killed in Orlando
- What you need to know about Tuesday’s race in Georgia’s 6th district
- #MuteRKelly creator says R Kelly’s “I Admit” is a “19-minute sex trafficking fundraising anthem”
- Steep obstacles loom as second deadline to reunite immigrant families nears
- Republicans pan Trump’s $12 billion tariff relief for farmers as corporate welfare
- Democrats are calling McConnell’s bluff on the Kavanaugh vote
- This company wants to use holograms to improve medical research
- HIV-positive people with undetectable viral loads cannot transmit the disease, study shows
- Transplaining: I’m dating a man who doesn’t know I’m transgender. How — and when — do I tell him?
- Today in Trump’s America: GOP congressman calls Ocasio-Cortez “this girl ... or whatever she is”
- Mic Daily: A life-ruining appearance on ‘Who Is America?,’ James Comey’s plea for centrism and more
- Where is the American “great middle” that James Comey is talking about?
- How Trump upended Tuesday’s Georgia gubernatorial runoff
- Trump weighs pulling security clearance of former top intelligence officials who have been critical
- Judge rules anti-abortion protesters in New York did not unlawfully harass patients and staff
- Why this professor was on a mission to publish his fake study on politician poop
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump threatens Iran with “CONSEQUENCES” that few “HAVE EVER SUFFERED”
- Coming Up This Week in Politics: Family reunification deadline arrives & Paul Manafort trial begins
- Trump tries to spin Justice Department documents outlining Carter Page’s Russia contacts
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: What more could Vladimir Putin have asked for?
- Why the Magnitsky Act — and Bill Browder — continues to be the biggest thorn in Putin’s side
- Trump reacts to Cohen tape: “Your favorite president did nothing wrong!”
- How bits of captured data paint a stealth portrait of your health
- Mic Daily: FBI has a tape of Cohen and Trump, Disney fires James Gunn and more
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about Russia
- Judge dismisses New York City’s climate change lawsuit against oil and gas companies
- 68% of people say tech creators inject their own biases in products, study says
- FBI has tape of Michael Cohen and Donald Trump discussing payment to former Playboy model
- You can help name this rover before it gets to Mars
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 2: The injectable estrogen shortage and a Chicago dance crew changing lives
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump’s troubles over the Putin summit are far from over
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 2: The estrogen shortage; Chicago footwork dancers (Full transcript)
- Mic Daily: Planned Parenthood sues Idaho, FDA may weigh in on almond milk and more
- Eric Garner’s mother reacts to NYPD decision to pursue disciplinary trial against her son’s killers
- Trump reverses stance, now “disagrees” with Putin’s request to interrogate American officials
- Trump invites Putin to Washington this fall
- Facebook to remove fake content meant to start violence from its platform
- Movement Must-Reads: Black identity extremists and racial disparities in mass shooting coverage
- Planned Parenthood sues Idaho over abortion-reporting law that “shames” patients
- House Republicans shut down Democratic effort to fund election security measures
- Trump points to Google’s $5 billion fine from Europe as proof that the US and EU are foes
- It’s true — white mass shooters get more sympathy from news media, study says
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump has had proof of Putin-led Russian hacking for more than a year
- Cynthia Nixon and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez call out Cuomo for his Women’s Equality Party snub
- Mic Daily: Democrats allege GOP blocked interviews with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina and more
- House Democrats say GOP blocked them from interviewing alleged Russian agent in probe
- Judge sides with Trump administration in Planned Parenthood Title X funding lawsuit
- Google was hit with a record-setting $5 billion fine. Here’s how your Android phone might change.
- Trump is deploying his post-Charlottesville playbook amid Putin press conference backlash
- Can Kerri Harris be the first progressive to oust a sitting Democratic senator?
- Trump crafts straw man argument, says US can accept cooperation with Putin or risk war with Russia
- A shocking number of people remember a fake first memory, study says
- ‘Mic Dispatch’ episode 1: Inside the FBI’s crackdown on “black identity extremists”
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump walks back the walk back of his terrible Putin press conference
- Meet Rakem Balogun, the Texas man whose support for a cop killer made him an FBI target
- ‘Mic Dispatch’: Inside the FBI’s crackdown on “black identity extremists” (Full transcript)
- Mic Daily: Trump’s about-face on Russian interference in the election and more
- Eric Garner’s mother slams NYPD “political posturing” on four-year anniversary of her son’s death
- Republicans rebuke Trump on Putin summit, but does their criticism have any teeth?
- Mic Dispatch launches on Facebook Watch with episode on FBI’s targeting of black identity extremists
- Trump about-faces, says Russia interfered in the election but says it “could be other people” too
- Is your Venmo set to public? Here’s what strangers learn when your payments are broadcast online.
- Barack Obama signals support for a universal basic income
- GOP lawmaker who refused to vote for Trump tries to win re-election in Tuesday runoff
- Republicans scrap vote on abolishing ICE intended to troll Democrats
- Transplaining: I’m a transgender man who wants to be a dad. How should I come out to my future kids?
- Today in Trump’s America: Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson may be the only Republicans praising Trump
- Mic Daily: The worst moments from that “disgraceful” Trump-Putin summit and more
- Officer who killed Eric Garner will face NYPD disciplinary trial if DOJ fails to charge him
- Federal judge temporarily halts deportations of separated immigrant families
- Latest indictment hits Russian acting as unregistered foreign agent
- Here’s where 9 potential Senate swing votes stand on Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation
- 6 notable moments from the “disgraceful” Trump-Putin summit
- Federal judge deems separation of immigrant children from their parents unconstitutional
- Trump says he believes Putin, not US intelligence community, on election hacking
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump doesn’t say he’ll bring up Russian hacking in meeting with Putin
- Coming up this week in politics: Trump and Putin meet while Freedom Caucus mulls impeachment charges
- Trump set to meet Vladimir Putin Monday, days after Russian indictments in Mueller probe
- Protesters and police clash in Chicago following shooting of black man
- FEC: Elon Musk contributed thousands to conservative PAC
- How Trump and his allies are trying to undermine Rosenstein and Mueller for doing their jobs
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: Trump still rips Mueller probe, even as indictments pile up
- Trump bashes Obama, CNN and “deep state” after Mueller indicts Russians over election interference
- House Appropriations Committee votes to allow anti-LGBTQ discrimination in adoption and foster care
- Black Lives Matter was born five years ago today. Is America better off?
- Mic Daily: Russian intelligence indicted, Scarlett Johansson drops out of ‘Rub & Tug’ and more
- Four notable takeaways from Robert Mueller’s latest indictments in the Russia probe
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 important things Trump’s Cabinet did this week that don’t involve NATO
- Researchers are using Facebook data to study gender inequality
- Mueller probe: 12 Russian intelligence officers indicted over 2016 election interference
- Why only about half of the separated immigrant children made it back to their families
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump torpedoes UK special relationship, drops white nationalist comments
- Companies reading your Gmail is no surprise — email was never private to begin with
- Ocasio-Cortez defeated Crowley in the primary, but he won’t take his name off the November ballot
- Mic Daily: Tensions run high during Strzok testimony, Sandra Oh makes Emmy history and more
- Movement Must-Reads: The future of Roe v. Wade and black-led efforts to reduce gun death
- Partisan tensions boil over during Strzok testimony after months of hostile Russia hearings
- Girl heard crying in ICE detention audio recording will reportedly be reunited with mom
- FBI agent Peter Strzok to lawmakers: Anti-Trump texts didn’t “impact any official action”
- Trump’s UK visit will spark massive protests that have been years in the making
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump shows little grasp of world issues at impromptu NATO news conference
- Mic Daily: Trump upends NATO summit, a new study on the gender wage gap and more
- Plaintiffs in abortion cases currently in the court system: “We can’t be afraid”
- Trump upends NATO summit by chastising US allies and calling for more defense spending
- These new liquid-filled glasses are meant to cure motion sickness
- Female veterans are raking in major cash for their congressional bids
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump castigates US allies at NATO summit
- Jemele Hill, Candace Owens and the silly myth that black people don’t care about black gun violence
- Mic Daily: Brett Kavanaugh’s mysterious stance on ‘Roe v. Wade’ and more
- How Trump’s Supreme Court pick could play a pivotal role in Russia probe cases
- Protesters shut down NYC Amazon store over company selling surveillance equipment to ICE
- RAICES wants to use $20 million to post bonds for immigrant mothers in detention
- Trump stokes tensions with US allies ahead of NATO summit
- Pretending to live in Albert Einstein’s body curbs implicit bias — and so could virtual reality
- We may never know Brett Kavanaugh’s real opinion on ‘Roe v. Wade’
- Transplaining: I’m nonbinary, but I still present as male. I feel fake. How do I deal with this?
- Today in Trump’s America: Confirmation battle begins for Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
- Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
- The 14th amendment turns 150 today, but its legacy in Supreme Court rulings is now uncertain
- Mic Daily: Trump to miss immigration deadline, scientists move forward with HIV vaccine and more
- About half of undocumented immigrant kids under 5 will be reunited with parents by deadline
- Meet Ayanna Pressley, the congressional candidate poised to become the next Ocasio-Cortez
- Republican Jim Jordan faces ethics probe amid Ohio State’s sexual abuse scandal. Can he survive?
- Scientists just hit a new milestone for testing their HIV vaccine
- Pulitzer- and Emmy-winning journalist Natasha Del Toro joins Mic as anchor of ‘Mic Dispatch’
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump’s Supreme Court reality show ends with final pick Monday night
- Coming up this week in politics: Supreme Court gets a nominee and Trump heads to Europe
- Trump team demands proof from Mueller investigation in latest attempt to sway public opinion
- Mike Pompeo dismisses North Korea’s criticism of recent meeting and US’ “gangster-like requests”
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: Cohen-watch continues as Mueller beefs up investigation
- GOP congressman and Trump ally further scrutinized in Ohio State abuse scandal
- North Korea says US position on denuclearization “regrettable” after Pompeo talks
- Trump predicts ‘New York Times’ and ‘Washington Post’ will be “out of business in 7 years”
- Movement Must-Reads: Nicki Minaj, dining during #MeToo, introducing a trans partner to your family
- Mic Daily: The government struggles to reunite families, Trump mocks #MeToo and more
- Prosecutors have suddenly moved to drop cases against remaining #J20 defendants
- California sanctuary laws challenged by the Trump administration mostly upheld
- Trump to face massive protest, his diaper-clad likeness in upcoming UK visit
- White Ohio family that called 911 on black boy mowing lawn calls police on him again July 4
- Trump mocks #MeToo — unless he can use it against his political opponents
- Government, scrambling to meet court deadline, requests more time for reuniting separated families
- This 90-pound, blind “mechanical beast” can run and jump like a cheetah
- Mic Daily: EPA head Scott Pruitt resigns, former Fox News exec joins the White House and more
- Number of migrant children in custody now up to nearly 3,000 despite order to reunify
- Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA in letter claiming “God’s providence” brought him into Trump’s service
- Disgraced former Fox News executive Bill Shine officially joins White House communications team
- Report: Mueller to add new Justice Department resources to ongoing Russia probe
- Climate change is making our planet hotter — but we might have to ditch the AC
- Trump has reportedly asked aides about possibility of invading Venezuela
- Black legislator gets police called on her while canvassing her own district on Fourth of July eve
- Hong Kong now grants visas to same-sex expat couples — but doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage
- ‘When She Rises’: How a Solange quote inspired these women to launch an all-women art exhibit
- A Facebook group where liberal and conservative women actually listen to each other
- Senate Intelligence Committee: Russia meddled in 2016 to hurt Clinton and help Trump
- People on Twitter are calling out Jack Dorsey for verifying groups that support hate speech — again
- Mic Daily: Trump will scale back affirmative action, a judge hits back at ICE and more
- Meet the conservative judges Trump is considering nominating to the Supreme Court
- Mark your calendars: The longest lunar eclipse in the 21st century is coming
- Judge blocks Trump administration from arbitrarily detaining asylum seekers
- Trump administration will encourage schools to end affirmative action policies
- Transplaining: I’m a cisgender man. How do I tell my friends and family my partner is transgender?
- Today in Trump’s America: Scott Pruitt faces yet more allegations of ethical misconduct
- Mic Daily: The importance of female veterans in the upcoming election and more
- Female veterans could be key in Democrats’ quest to win the House
- At the Special Olympics, gamers with disabilities will finally get a chance to compete
- Tired of Earth and want to move to space? Not so fast — experts need to figure out space surgery.
- Dozens of racial justice groups join immigration protests in San Diego to “free our future”
- This is the first photo of a planet being born
- Today in Trump’s America: Michael Cohen suggests he may cooperate with Mueller
- Susan Collins, Senate swing vote, is opposed to activist judge who wants to overturn ‘Roe v. Wade’
- Trump: Abortion “could very well end up with the states at some point”
