Anthony Smith
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Brittany Packnett on NFL: If you can’t handle peaceful protest, then what can you handle?
Activist and educator Brittany Packnett has a simple question for the NFL: If peaceful protest doesn’t work, then what does? → Read More
Brittany Packnett: Black women show up for you. It’s about time you started showing up for them.
Brittany Packnett wants you to know that she doesn’t mind if you call her an angry black woman. In America today, there's a lot for black women to be angry about. → Read More
We asked you to share your stories of living #WhileBlack. Here are your responses.
In April, Packnett asked you to use the hashtag #WhileBlack and tell stories of when you experienced harm because of the color of your skin. → Read More
Naomi Wadler: In a just world, kids could go to school without the fear of a bullet
Don’t let her age fool you: Even though Naomi Wadler is only 11 years old, she’s starting national movements at a high school level. → Read More
Sen. Cory Booker: We need to protect Robert Mueller from getting fired. My bill does the job.
There’s a growing bipartisan movement in Congress to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job — and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is helping to lead the charge. → Read More
Ady Barkan: If you were dying like I am, how would you live differently?
In a powerful op-ed for Mic, Ady Barkan challenges you to live a more meaningful life by joining him on his journey to rebuild our democracy. → Read More
Adam Grant has 3 lessons for any young person who wants to be successful
In his exclusive video op-ed for Mic, Grant, host of the TED podcast WorkLife, reveals three lessons for any young person who wants to be successful. → Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants harsh penalties for drug executives who mislead public on opioids
For Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the question is simple: What did pharmaceutical executives know, and when did they know it? → Read More
Ben Rhodes and Jake Sullivan: If Trump fires Mueller, it will be an emergency. Take action.
Ben Rhodes and Jake Sullivan want you to know that President Donald Trump could get away with firing special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. → Read More
asha bandele: Prince could still be alive today if America didn’t shame people for using drugs
On the second anniversary of Prince’s tragic death, asha bandele wants us to celebrate his life — and that means ending the war on drugs once and for all. → Read More
Cory Booker: This 4/20, let’s talk about the racial double standard associated with smoking weed
There’s an undeniable racial double standard for white people who smoke weed and black people who smoke weed — and on this 4/20, Sen. Cory Booker wants us to start talking about it. → Read More
Jeremy Heimans: To truly defeat the NRA, we have to learn from them
In his op-ed for Mic, Jeremy Heimans explains why the best way to truly defeat the NRA is to learn from them. → Read More
NY attorney general: Trump’s change to the census will hurt millions of Americans
The decision to ask census respondents about their citizenship could have tremendous consequences for you, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman explained. → Read More
EPA official resigned in protest of Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt
“They’re putting people’s lives in danger,” Mustafa Ali argued. “They’re going to make more folks sick, and unfortunately more folks are going to die.” → Read More
Twitter will now allow you to report hate speech against people with disabilities
The change to Twitter’s reporting flow marks a major victory for those disability rights activists. → Read More
Igor Volsky: This is how the NRA uses fear to manipulate America
Igor Volsky is here to warn you that there’s a method to the National Rifle Association’s madness. “The NRA’s core message to its base is fear,” Volsky, the director of Guns Down, told 'Mic'. → Read More
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has a powerful message about race in America that everyone should hear
“We have to find a way to do it,” Landrieu said. “You can’t go over this, you can’t go under it, you can’t go around it. You have to go through it, and we should start that conversation." → Read More
Dakota Jablon wants to start a national conversation about gun suicides. For her, it’s personal.
“I was someone that you could say had it all,” Dakota Jablon said. “Looking at my life from an outside perspective, you would never think that I would be struggling as much as I did.” → Read More
Rick Santorum says kids should learn CPR instead of protesting for gun control
According to Santorum, students protesting for gun control are “looking for someone else to solve their problem.” Instead of marching, the former senator argued that they should do something useful. → Read More
Brittany Packnett: We need to talk about the role of white privilege in the gun control debate
In a powerful video op-ed for 'Mic', Brittany Packnett reveals the ways that white privilege has been quietly shaping the way we talk about guns. → Read More