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…
Enduring Myths, Fact-Checks, For the Record, Quick Hits
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…
Black Lives Matter, Fact-Checks, For the Record, News, Social Justice
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…
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The Reality of Student Loan Debt for Undergraduate Students
By: Latia Cook, student writer President Joe Biden’s plan to combat student loans has been a huge topic recently due to the majority of Americans owing thousands in student loans. Student loans are the highest loans for the majority of Americans next to car loans. Rising tuition and the cost of borrowing, which has…
Music, Quick Hits
The Power of Music
By: Quam Odunsi, student writer Vanessa Luna is a twenty-one-year-old aspiring musical artist based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Luna got their first piece of musical equipment when she was six years old, a ukulele bought by her father. She remembers performing in front of her family a lot as a child. Her love for music grew…
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Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment Change Live Music Experience for Concert go-ers
By: Mekala Seme, student writer Eboni Brown was ecstatic when she secured pre-sale tickets to attend SZA’s “SOS” tour show at the Capital One Area in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 26. As an avid concert go-er, the North Carolina native and Howard University student has become a master at securing concert tickets using the infamous…