Jared Keller

Bio

Jared Keller is the former director of news at Mic.
Jon Stewart, the beloved satirist and host of The Daily Show, announced during a live taping on Tuesday that he's ending his 16-year run on late night's best news desk. America has a long, rich history of political satire from Thomas Nast to the…
The universe is smiling on you today. At first, this may seem like an optical illusion: After all, the human brain is wired to see human faces in everything, a psychological phenomenon known as pareidolia. But the scientific explanation for this…
Get excited, Marvel fans: After years of separation and speculation, Spider-Man will appear in upcoming movies produced by Marvel Studios.  A deal has been announced between Sony Pictures and Marvel to feature the beloved superhero in an upcoming…
After Colorado and Washington state voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2013, the legislation's opponents and health officials conjured up the specter of stoned drivers turning America's highways into death traps. They warned that increased…
The evidence of my earliest forays into romance are in a manila envelope on the bottom of my old desk, squirreled away in a corner of the bedroom in the house I grew up in. As a young man raised on '90s rom-coms like 10 Things I Hate About You and…
I'm just going to leave this here:  Everything is a lie.
Holy Hyrule! Netflix is reportedly developing a live-action series based on The Legend of Zelda, one of the most popular video games of all time, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal reports that Netflix is…
Brace yourself: Marvel Comics is putting together the female supergroup of the century. "We've purposefully assembled a team composed of very different characters — from disparate parts of the Marvel U, with very different power sets, identities…
There's a template to how Western countries respond to Islamic terrorism. First comes the manhunt for suspects and the trickle of gruesome details about the latest disaster. Then comes the powerful calls for solidarity in the face of terror, an…
Beloved reggae superstar Bob Marley would have been 70 on Friday. To celebrate the occasion, the late singer's estate is giving a birthday gift to Marley's devoted fans: unseen video of the reggae star in action. Marley's estate plans on releasing a…
It's easy forget that before he was one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood, Will Smith was a fairly talented rapper and lyricist.  On Thursday's Tonight Show, Fallon and Smith joined forces to create an intricate beatbox loop using an iPad…
A commercial plane belonging to Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways and carrying 58 people crash-landed in a river in Taipei after clipping a bridge shortly after takeoff, the Associated Press reports.  Flight GE 235 from Taipei to Kinmen crashed at…
Are you opposed to marijuana legalization? If you're a old, white politician, you should probably shut your face. "I'm not really promoting legalization, but I am promoting making the penalties much less severe and not putting people in jail for…
Harper Lee, the reclusive author of the American classic To Kill a Mockingbird, is publishing her first novel in 55 years. Publisher Harper announced Tuesday that Go Set a Watchman, a novel "the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s…
America is in the middle of a brand new debate over vaccines. At least 107 people in eight states have been diagnosed with measles, all linked to an outbreak at Disneyland in California. Now Arizona health officials say that a family exposed to the…
The U.S. is in the midst of a modest measles epidemic. Nearly 107 people in eight states have been diagnosed with the disease, all linked to an outbreak at Disneyland in California. As Mic's Sophie Kleeman writes, "Now Arizona health officials say…
The "1%" label has become synonymous for wealth inequality and economic injustice, warning of the rise of a new global elite. But at what point do you actually become a member of the economic aristocracy? The paper, which examines income inequality…
Are your random tweets poetry? No — but they could be. That's the idea behind Poetweet, a delightful new website that scans your recent 140-character missives and transforms them into one of three poetic forms: A sonnet, rondel or an indriso. Each…
If you're Robert, chances are you're a hairstylist; Amy, a waiter. And if you always planned on becoming a songwriter, you're probably named Richie, Billy or Stella.  That's according to "Profession Vs. Names," an fascinating interactive web of…
What happens at Disneyland doesn't stay at Disneyland — especially the measles. Arizona health officials believe the Phoenix-area woman recently diagnosed with measles may have exposed as many as 195 children to the disease at the Phoenix Children's…