For the Record, News, Social Justice / May 13, 2024 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...

Enduring Myths, Fact-Checks, For the Record, Quick Hits / May 13, 2024 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...

Education, For the Record, News, Technology / January 28, 2024 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...

Black Lives Matter, Education, Fact-Checks, For the Record, HBCUs, News, Politics and Government / January 8, 2024 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 / January 8, 2024 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...

Fact-Checks, For the Record, HBCUs, News / May 1, 2023 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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Experts Seek to Diversify Tech Industry 
Education, For the Record, News, Technology

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…

Student Loan System Causes Unequal Burdens for Black Student Borrowers, Makes Them Prey for Predatory Lending Tactics
Black Lives Matter, Education, Fact-Checks, For the Record, HBCUs, News, Politics and Government

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…

Culture Remains in Barry Farms after Forced Gentrification
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…

Amid a Multi-Million Dollar Expansion Plan, Some Local Residents Fear Howard’s Contribution to Gentrification
Fact-Checks, For the Record, HBCUs, News

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…

Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment Change Live Music Experience  for Concert go-ers
Fact-Checks, For the Record, Music, Quick Hits

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…

A Journey Through Darkness
Covid-19, For the Record

A Journey Through Darkness

By Josyana Joshua China was the epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak; then it started spreading to other countries. Now the United States has taken that title, which no nation wants. Here we take a look at key moments in China’s Covid-19 journey.

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