June 2018 Impact Articles
- Trump claims he didn’t support immigration bill he tweeted support for three days ago
- Demonstrators nationwide call “shame” on Trump administration over immigration
- Did Trump get anything out of Kim Jong Un in Singapore?
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: Michael Flynn has more to say
- How private prisons are benefiting from Trump’s hardline immigration policies
- Trump defends ICE as thousands gather around US to protest his immigration policy
- Trump says he’ll announce Supreme Court pick July 9
- Mic Daily: The case for “court packing,” Kirsten Gillibrand calls for abolishing ICE and more
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about SCOTUS picks
- Kirsten Gillibrand becomes first senator to call for abolishing ICE
- Court packing might become the next internal battle for Democrats
- Trump says journalists should be “free from fear of being violently attacked while doing their job”
- Trump reportedly threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization
- Today in Trump’s America: Washington contemplates press freedom after the Annapolis shooting
- Mic Daily: Immigrant children reportedly attend court alone, Trump denies Russian influence and more
- Capital Gazette shooting: suspect charged with 5 counts of murder
- Immigrant children as young as 3 are reportedly being forced into court hearings alone
- Movement Must-Reads: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Candace Owens’ bigotry and the fall of #PermitPatty
- Trump is still casting doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, ahead of Putin meeting
- Kennedy’s retirement leaves Washington in chaos
- Trump “immediately” begins search for Kennedy replacement that could bring dramatic shift to US law
- Mic Daily: The rise of Dyke Marches, the effects of Justice Kennedy’s impending retirement and more
- Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch’s first full term results in a slew of 5-4 conservative opinions
- Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring, and now a woman’s right to abortion could be in jeopardy
- Antwon Rose’s parents react with “guarded optimism” after arrest of officer who killed their son
- James Alex Fields Jr., suspect in deadly Charlottesville car attack, charged with hate crime
- Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court, giving Trump a second pick
- This look inside the world’s largest train station will make Americans painfully jealous
- Dyke marches show that pride is about more than rainbows, parades and white gay men
- Muslim advocates regroup after Supreme Court travel ban ruling
- Republican immigration bill fails in House — hours after Trump calls for its passage
- A judge has ordered Trump to reunite separated families. Questions about how it will happen remain.
- Democratic Socialist star Ocasio-Cortez topples a member of Democratic leadership
- The US likely failed to record 70,000 opioid deaths, study says
- Mitt Romney wins run-off for senate seat in Utah
- Colorado Rep. Jared Polis could become nation’s first out gay elected governor after primary win
- Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bests top-ranking Democrat in stunning primary upset
- Dan Donovan wins in Trump-obsessed battle for Staten Island Republican nomination
- South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster narrowly escapes defeat in primary runoff
- Mic Daily: Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban, Terry Crews speaks out on assault and more
- Supreme Court rules in favor of anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” in 5-4 ruling
- A trans woman was just killed in Jacksonville, Florida — the city’s third trans homicide this year
- Reality Winner, first leaker prosecuted by Trump administration, pleads guilty to espionage
- Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
- Introducing Transplaining, a weekly advice column by correspondent Serena Daniari
- Insurgent progressive candidates Cynthia Nixon and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally together
- Big primaries in key states will help determine the fate of 2018
- Businesses divest from Alison Ettel’s marijuana company, TreatWell, after viral 911 video
- Pelosi and Schumer weigh in on debate over “civility,” drawing deeper divisions in Democratic Party
- Mic Daily: Democrat introduces bill to abolish ICE, the academy invites new members and more
- Walgreens denied a woman a drug to induce miscarriage — and that’s legal in 6 states
- Lawyers demand release of 20 transgender women asylum seekers in ICE custody
- Democratic congressman will introduce the first bill to abolish ICE
- Today in Trump’s America: As immigrant families remain separated, D.C. debates dinner etiquette
- Trump administration says it can locate separated children, but reunification will be a challenge
- Coming up this week in politics: Supreme Court issues major rulings as immigration debate continues
- In rambling speech, Trump renews attacks on immigrants: “They will come by the millions”
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she was kicked out of Virginia restaurant because she works for Trump
- Trump says new poll numbers show voters think Russia probe is a “witch hunt.” He’s wrong.
- Immigration workers: “We should be looking at ending immigrant detention as a whole”
- Kim’s meetings with Xi Jinping underscore China’s sway over potential North Korean denuclearization
- Critics call out Candace Owens’ transphobic views and want Kanye West, Caitlyn Jenner to do the same
- Mic Daily: An $18 million fundraiser, the importance of the Supreme Court’s latest ruling and more
- The Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment ruling is a major victory for digital privacy rights
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 things Trump’s Cabinet did this week besides separating families
- How a $1,500 fundraiser for immigrants ballooned to $20 million, and what will happen with the money
- Supreme Court says the government needs a warrant to search your cell phone location data
- Today in Trump’s America: House Republicans have embarrassing setback on immigration reform vote
- Mic Daily: Melania Trump’s “I really don’t care” coat, lawsuits alleging immigrant abuses and more
- Lawsuits allege widespread abuse at immigrant detention centers where minors are being held
- House Republicans fail to pass conservative immigration bill, postpone vote on compromise bill
- Methodist minister Lea Matthews is on a mission to stop an undocumented mother from being deported
- Progressive groups plan to air ads of crying migrant children nationwide
- Movement Must-Reads: #AbolishICE, #WeWalkForHer and a summer of peace in Chicago
- Facebook enforces new regulations for gun accessory ads. Here’s what you need to know.
- 13-year-old Aziya Roberts organizes #WeWalkForHer march for missing black girls in Chicago
- Online shopping to get more expensive as Supreme Court rules that states can collect sales tax
- Today in Trump’s America: House to vote on 2 immigration bills that already look doomed
- Not just at the border: There are likely unaccompanied immigrant children in your state, too
- The World Health Organization will no longer categorize transgender people as mentally ill
- Mic Daily: The growing movement to abolish ICE, Trump signs order to keep families together and more
- Andrew Cuomo won’t call for abolishing ICE — but his opponent Cynthia Nixon just did
- China is no longer taking our trash. Now, Americans can expect heaping piles of displaced garbage.
- It’s easier to sleep, eat and have fun at airports in Asia — here’s why America is falling behind
- Trump signs order to keep families together, backtracking on claim that only Congress could act
- More than half of deaths in ICE custody linked to inadequate medical care, report shows
- The movement to abolish ICE is growing as Trump administration ramps up immigration policies
- Corey Lewandowski mocked a child with Down syndrome separated from her mom and refused to apologize
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump officials offer callous response to family separations
- New Yorkers rally against Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families
- Mic Daily: Immigrant suicides in ICE custody, celebrating Juneteenth and more
- Former ICE director blasts Trump administration over family separations, offers “humane” solutions
- Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo announce US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council
- They started raising money to reunite immigrant families. It’s now Facebook’s biggest fundraiser.
- Mic and TIME win Edward R. Murrow award for “Life After Addiction” in news documentary category
- UN human rights chief joins growing chorus against Trump’s family separation policy
- Immigrant’s suicide while in ICE custody raises questions about mental health care of detainees
- Cynthia Nixon and Andrew Cuomo now have another competitor to contend with — and no one is sure why
- Today in Trump’s America: Polls show family separations could imperil House Republicans
- Mic Daily: Contamination at Camp Lejeune, Trump doubles down on family separations and more
- DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says policy of separating migrant families is not child abuse
- Apple’s next iPhone update will change how your location is sent to 911 during emergency calls
- A Dunkin’ Donuts in Baltimore asked customers to report employees for not speaking English
- Trump administration sits on study showing disturbing contamination levels on US military bases
- Supreme Court avoids ruling on partisan gerrymandering in both Wisconsin and Maryland cases
- As Trump doubles down on family separations, Republicans warn the policy may lead to electoral doom
- It’s official: Excessive gaming is now recognized as a health disorder
- LGBTQ identity is shaped by language. So what words will describe “queer” in the future?
- Today in Trump’s America: WH struggles to get message straight on its child separation policy
- Members of Congress spend Father’s Day with immigrants affected by family separation policy
- Roger Stone’s meeting with a Russian contact fits into the broader web of Mueller’s investigation
- This week in Trump-Russia news: The IG report is Trump’s latest weapon in his battle with Mueller
- Despite US concessions, Trump’s Singapore summit played well with voters
- Trump on Inspector General report: “It will go down as a dark and dangerous period” in US history
- Inside the ACLU’s efforts to stop the Trump administration’s family separation policy
- Chicago residents, Parkland students join forces in Summer of Peace march against gun violence
- Trump continues to blame Democrats for breaking up families at the border
- Google’s annual diversity report for 2018 has arrived — here’s the good, the bad and the ugly
- French Montana receives US citizenship and works to help other undocumented students
- Free speech champion Jordan Peterson threatens to sue professor over Twitter name calling
- Nearly two-thirds of women in tech say their ideas are ignored until a man repeats them, study shows
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 important immigration stories from the week you probably missed
- Texas abortion providers challenge restrictive state laws in new lawsuit
- Paul Manafort ordered to report to jail after alleged witness tampering
- The number of startups founded by black women has more than doubled since 2016. Here’s why.
- Trump gave an impromptu press conference filled with lies and utterly wild claims
- Trump slaps tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese technology goods
- Today in Trump’s America: Republicans rail against the FBI after release of IG report
- Mic Daily: Kim Kardashian West and Alice Marie Johnson meet, New York sues Trump Foundation and more
- Inspector General: Comey botched Clinton email investigation, but wasn’t politically motivated
- Movement Must-Reads: Trump’s threats against Chicago and digitizing the black press’s photo archives
- Snapchat’s upcoming “Log in with Snapchat” button copies Facebook but adds in privacy
- New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation for “pattern of persistent illegal conduct”
- Kim Kardashian West and Alice Marie Johnson speak out about meeting for first time
- Today in Trump’s America: Is this the end for Scott Pruitt?
- Mic Daily: Maine keeps ranked-choice voting, Trump may erect tent cities for migrant kids and more
- States are now passing their own net neutrality laws to protect the internet from corporations
- Cynthia Nixon unveils bold new education plan for New York
- Trump administration reportedly eyeing tent cities to house migrant children
- Conservatives keep urging Trump to send troops into Chicago. Experts say it’s a bad idea.
- More than a third of Americans are taking medications with depression side effects
- Maine voters defy state legislature to demand ranked-choice voting in referendum
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump embraces pro-Confederate Senate nominee Corey Stewart
- Republican Mark Sanford stood up to Trump — now he’s the second House member to lose re-election
- Pro-Confederate Republican Corey Stewart wins GOP nomination for Senate in Virginia
- Mic Daily: Mitch McConnell’s legacy of obstruction, Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un and more
- In historic Kim summit, Trump gives thumbs-up to North Korean dictator — and vague peace agreement
- Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland hit with two new criminal charges
- Kim Kardashian West talks about what comes after Alice Marie Johnson
- Cynthia Nixon visits NYC mosque, while Muslim group points out opponent Andrew Cuomo never has
- Uber’s making a 5MB “Lite” version of its app for emerging markets, starting with India
- The future of voting? Maine’s ranked-choice voting primary is an ambitious test
- “This could be the worst scenario”: South Koreans skeptical but hopeful after Trump-Kim summit
- How Mitch McConnell blew up norms to become the longest-serving Senate GOP leader
- Today in Trump’s America: Even Republicans are panning Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un
- Mic Daily: ACLU calls Supreme Court decision a “setback,” Robert De Niro’s Trump outburst and more
- How the Supreme Court ruling for Ohio’s voter purge policy could affect election results
- Victims of domestic and gang-related violence no longer eligible for asylum, Sessions announces
- Supreme Court rules in favor of Ohio voter purge in what ACLU calls “setback for voting rights”
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump has high-stakes meeting with Kim Jong Un, after blasting US allies
- Trump has arrived in Singapore — here’s what to expect when he meets Kim Jong Un
- How North Korea got its nuclear weapons in the first place
- Trump pulls out of G7 summit statement, calls Justin Trudeau “weak”
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: Beg your pardon, but Mueller isn’t done with Manafort yet
- Progressives in Congress reject top Democrats’ wish list for Trump’s North Korea summit
- Trump blasts allies over trade: US is a “piggy bank that everybody’s robbing”
- Should NFL players meet with Trump to discuss more prison pardons? Shaun King says “yes.”
- Trump says Kim has a “one-time shot” at peace as he leaves for Singapore summit
- This “mother of the movement” is changing the playbook for how Democrats campaign in key districts
- Mic Daily: Remembering Anthony Bourdain
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about football
- Arizona court rules against same-sex wedding invitation discrimination days after SCOTUS ruling
- Mueller files new charges against Manafort and indicts his former associate
- Obsidian Collection Archives is digitizing the rich photo legacy of the black press
- Yes, airplanes are germy — but not more so than your house or office, study says
- Trump got his first head in leak-squelching quest after obtaining a reporter’s records
- North Korean human rights activists have demands for Trump ahead of his meeting with Kim Jong Un
- Trump calls for Russia to be readmitted to G7
- “We’re nowhere close to the end”: Stigma and politics stand in way of UN goal to end AIDS
- Today in Trump’s America: Trump admin urges courts to throw out pre-existing condition protections
- Alice Marie Johnson opens up about her release from prison
- Mic Daily: Scott Pruitt’s latest blunder, the effects of Trump’s farm bill on LGBTQ people and more
- “It’s about attitude”: Trump puts pageantry over preparations ahead of historic summit with Kim
- Trump’s policy separating kids at border can cause lifelong trauma — we already know this from WWII
- In latest apparent ethical breach, Scott Pruitt enlisted security detail on hunt for lotion
- Google to halt political ads in Washington during election — will the same be done on Facebook?
- Today in Trump’s America: Audio shows Trump focused on everything but storms in FEMA meeting
- Mic Daily: Trump grants clemency to Alice Marie Johnson, Democrat women dominate primaries and more
- Facebook comes under fire from politicians again — but for brand new reasons
- Progressive groups are launching a movement to create a public bank in New York City
- The new iPhone update will turn Apple’s AirPods into pseudo-hearing aids
- President Donald Trump grants clemency to Alice Johnson after Kim Kardashian West involvement
- Trump considering dozens of new pardons, including Alice Marie Johnson
- Democratic women are riding a primary high, while Republican women struggle
- Mic to launch correspondent-led newsmagazine show on Facebook Watch: Mic Dispatch
- Today in Trump’s America: Democrats appear to avert disaster in California primaries
- “I never dreamed this would be possible”: Working toward a world without AIDS
- Democrat Deb Haaland poised to be the first Native American woman in Congress
- Super Tuesday live blog: Voters head to the polls in 8 states across the country
- Mic Daily: Jungle primaries, Pride Month merch, Trump’s misinformation war and more
- Democrats demand oversight of Trump-Kim summit — but may also be setting “unrealistic expectations”
- Antash’a English, transgender woman, fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida
- Target and Walmart stop selling the superhackable kids’ toy CloudPets after pressure from Mozilla
- Keith Ellison will run for Minnesota attorney general
- Why New Jersey’s primaries hold the key to Democrats’ hopes of a House majority
- David Hogg’s Florida home surrounded by law enforcement after prank call
- Donald Trump is running a disinformation campaign against the Eagles to push his culture war
- There’s literally no research proving sex robots are good for society, a new study says
- Today in Trump’s America: Paul Manafort could be going to jail, as Mueller seeks to revoke bail
- Apple Memoji in iOS 12 combine Animoji with Bitmoji for all your emoji needs
- Apple’s next Safari update will prevent social media Like buttons from tracking you around the web
- Advocacy groups sue Department of Defense over policies toward HIV-positive service members
- March for Our Lives leaders plan a “get out the vote” summer bus tour
- Scientists checked the carbon footprint for 13,000 cities worldwide. These were the worst.
- Marriage, deconstructed: The next battle for marriage equality could mean the end of marriage
- Jungle primaries, party in-fighting and #MeToo at the polls: What to watch for in Tuesday’s voting
- Supreme Court rules in favor of Colorado baker who refused to make cake for gay couple
- President Donald Trump: “I have the absolute right to PARDON myself”
- Today in Trump’s America: Americans anxiously await major Supreme Court decisions
- Trump and his allies insist there’s no collusion — but here’s all the evidence that already exists
- Giuliani says Trump can “probably” pardon himself — but won’t
- This Week in Trump-Russia News: Trump goes on the offensive against investigators
- White House lawyers tell Mueller Trump cannot obstruct justice because he is president
- Steve Bannon seems to be staging a comeback with the media — and Trump
- Democrats worry that California’s “jungle” primary system could hurt efforts to flip Congress
- Trump’s new Twitter strategy is to quote other people spouting his talking points
- While You Weren’t Looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about Roseanne Barr
- Black Parkland survivor to help lead march against inner-city gun violence without white classmates
- Target could be installing cameras that track customers’ and employees’ every move
- Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is now back on
- Team Enough, a youth-led gun reform coalition, wants to take the 2018 midterms by storm
- Today in Trump’s America: Republicans slam Trump’s trade war
- These women are advocating for their rights in the porn and sex-work industries
