Quick Hits, Technology
‘Urban Dictionary’ Gives a Whole New Meaning to Some Choice Words
By Danielle Robinson Have you ever read something online that contained a word that you didn’t quite know the meaning of? Or maybe you’ve heard a friend use a term that seemed completely out of context. Well, you’re not alone in your confusion. Urbandictionary.com is a crowdsourced website created to give meaning to slang terminology,…
Quick Hits, Religion
Black Millennials May Be Leaving the Church, But Not the Faith
Lukas Hartmann/Pexels By Rebecca Johnson Millennials across all races are attending church less, but black millennials’ church attendance has gone down the least out of all racial groups, according to a Pew Research Center study. Thirty-eight percent of black millennials attend church on a weekly basis, which is 12 percentage points lower than older black…
A&E, Music, Quick Hits
Amid the Music Streaming Rush, a Vinyl Revival
By Spencer Green After nearly vanishing from store shelves and most households, vinyl records are making a strong comeback. More than 16 million vinyl albums were sold in the U.S. in 2018, producing vinyl’s highest total revenue in 30 years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Of course, the $419 million…
Fact-Checks, Quick Hits
Has Daylight Saving Time Outlived Its Usefulness?
By Josyana Joshua This week, most of the United States moved their clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving Time ended. People look forward to getting that extra hour of sleep in the fall, and they complain about losing an hour in the spring, even though they gain an extra hour of sunlight. But where…
Environment, Quick Hits
Vaping’s Earthly Aftereffects
Reporting by Julia Weng. Sources: TruthInitiative.org, TobaccoFreeCA.com, No-Smoke.org, Designlife-cycle.com/juul, huffpost.com, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A&E, Music, Quick Hits
Why Your Favorite Songs Seem to Leave You Wanting More
By Alexandra Banks Have you ever been listening to a song from your favorite artist, and right when you’re starting to enjoy the song, it just…ends? Whether this song takes the form of an interlude or just a 90-second melodic experience, it seems as if artists are releasing teasers rather than full-length songs these days….
Black History Month, Health and Beauty, Quick Hits, Women's History Month
Snatching Faces and Equality for All Races
BLACK HISTORY: Activists of the Past and Present By Judayah Murray Jackie Aina, a popular beauty YouTuber, is stepping up in the world and emerging as an important voice in the black community. Using her platforms of over 2 million subscribers on YouTube, 829,000 followers on Instagram and 280,000 followers on Twitter, Aina regularly distributes…
Black History Month, Quick Hits
Freedom’s Journal and the Birth of the Black Press
By Maya King Decades before Frederick Douglass published The North Star and more than a century prior to John H. Johnson’s Jet and Ebony magazines, freedmen Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm established Freedom’s Journal. Founded in 1827, the newspaper was the first to be written and published by black Americans, thus giving birth to…
