Anthony Smith is Senior Staff Writer for Mic covering... whatever this world is becoming. He was previously Director of Social Media and Analytics and Digital Strategist for Newsweek and the International Business Times. He attended Wesleyan University and lives in Brooklyn.
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Naomi Wadler: In a just world, kids could go to school without the fear of a bullet
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner: Stop overspending on prisons and put the money in schools instead.
Sen. Cory Booker: We need to protect Robert Mueller from getting fired. My bill does the job.
Ady Barkan: If you were dying like I am, how would you live differently?
Adam Grant has 3 lessons for any young person who wants to be successful
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants harsh penalties for drug executives who mislead public on opioids
Ben Rhodes and Jake Sullivan: If Trump fires Mueller, it will be an emergency. Take action.
asha bandele: Prince could still be alive today if America didn’t shame people for using drugs
Cory Booker: This 4/20, let’s talk about the racial double standard associated with smoking weed
Jeremy Heimans: To truly defeat the NRA, we have to learn from them
NY attorney general: Trump’s change to the census will hurt millions of Americans
EPA official resigned in protest of Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt
Twitter will now allow you to report hate speech against people with disabilities
Igor Volsky: This is how the NRA uses fear to manipulate America
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has a powerful message about race in America that everyone should hear
Dakota Jablon wants to start a national conversation about gun suicides. For her, it’s personal.
Rick Santorum says kids should learn CPR instead of protesting for gun control
