By: Darren Neblett Tim Walz at the Fitzgerald Theater (AP Photo/Nicole Neri, File) In an X post made on August 20, Senator JD Vance accused Governor Tim Walz of lying about Walz’s wife’s experience with contraception using IVF. “Today it came out that Tim Walz had lied about having a family via IVF. Who lies…
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Donald Trump Spreads False Information on the Wrongful Imprisonment of the Central Park Five
By Damenica Ellis Michael Nagle/The New York Times/Redux (L-R) Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, and Korey Wise, all of whom served prison sentences after being wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case, pictured in New York in 2012. During the 2024 presidential debate, on Sept. 10, Donald Trump made false statements…
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Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Claims in New Hampshire Primary Speech
By Michael Scholis, student reporter Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Photo Courtesy of Unsplash. Former President Donald Trump recently made several claims during a speech following theNew Hampshire primary, and we fact-checked these statements using information from USAToday and CNN. Claim 1: Trump’s 3 Wins in New Hampshire The claim: A Facebook post on Jan….
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Starbucks and their Watermelon Mug: A Mere Coincidence
By: Ruqayyah Taylor, staff reporter Howard University’s Students for Justice in Palestine protesting outside of Starbucks | Photo via @sjphowardu on Instagram In the past few months, Starbucks has been under heat amidst claims of promoting and selling a watermelon-designed mug in their stores as a way to show a hint of solidarity with the…
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The Rise of Black Quarterbacks: Separating Fact from Fiction
By: Lauren Smith Image of football players. Photo Courtesy of Flickr The 2023-2024 season was one for the record books. For the first time in NFL history, 14 Black quarterbacks started in week one. The National Football League has begun to acknowledge the existence of the Black quarterback. The quarterback is highly regarded as the…
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Watching TV Before Bed is Not Beneficial for Sleep
By: Madison Firle, student reporter Image of a television screen. Photo Courtesy of Unsplash As someone who likes to relax before bedtime and requires some background noise to fall asleep, I often turn on the TV. However, I must tell you that this is a bad practice. Rebecca Robins, a sleep scientist at Brigham and…
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Experts Seek to Diversify Tech Industry
By: Asia Alexander, Sabreen Dawud, Makenna Underwood, Amarie Betancourt Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has made its way into various industries from convenient assistance on cell phones to self-driving vehicles. AI seems to be here to stay. However, the safety surrounding this technology, particularly for Black communities, is questionable. While AI technology appears to have advanced…
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Student Loan System Causes Unequal Burdens for Black Student Borrowers, Makes Them Prey for Predatory Lending Tactics
By: Amber Smith Several years after leaving Morgan State University with a major in physical education, Marcus Dumorin found himself grappling with repaying his $55,000 student loan debt while handling monthly obligations, including caring for his young daughter and sick mother. His monthly payments had reached as high as $600, an insurmountable challenge given his…
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Culture Remains in Barry Farms after Forced Gentrification
By Autumn Coleman, Jakeria Haynes and Hunter Stevens Today, like every day for the past 10 years residents of Barry Farms are being pushed out. The Barry Farms neighborhood is located in Southeast Washington, D.C. – which to D.C. natives is known as “east of the river.”. The neighborhood originated as a development established by…
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Amid a Multi-Million Dollar Expansion Plan, Some Local Residents Fear Howard’s Contribution to Gentrification
By: Jasper Smith, Badi Cross, Daniel Young, Victoria Greer The Yard and Douglass Hall (Kennedi Armour/The Hilltop) Customers who walk into Blue Nile Botanicals on Georgia Avenue are often met with the burning smell of sage and incense before being greeted by Ramon Thompson, who works behind the counter bagging and selling herbs, spices and…