by Ryan Thomas Film Photography by Ryan Thomas Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Samiah Fulcher was a wide-eyed, creative excited to be surrounded by like minded individuals who looked like her when she first arrived at Howard University. She worked alongside many on campus organizations including Models of the Mecca and even went on to…
Education, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Howard University’s Housing Crisis Sparks a Sit-Out
By: Chanel Cain The first week of classes back on campus was capped off by a student protest organized by the Howard University chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America. The protest was held on Friday, August 27 in response to both the ongoing housing crisis and Howard’s decision to remove the Affiliate Trustee…
Basketball, Black Lives Matter, Social Justice, Sports
Getting Even by Getting into Ownership
By Monét Bowen Layshia Clarendon remembered the way they were—the way she and other members of the Atlanta Dream WNBA team felt so connected to owner Kelly Loeffler, and seemed to bond with her on issues both personal and political. Clarendon “shared meals with Kelly, stepped foot in her home…,” she recalled, “introduced her to…
Black Lives Matter, Police Reform, Uncategorized
The Verdict on Derek Chauvin: A New Ending to a Familiar Tale
By Airielle Lowe Derek Chauvin’s first words defending his treatment of George Floyd came not facing the jury that convicted him of murder, but at the neighborhood intersection in Minneapolis where he’d kept his knee on Floyd’s neck until he passed out and later died. “We’ve got to control this guy because he’s a sizable…
Crime
Does Restricting Access to Guns Reduce Gun Violence?
By Jalen Whitehead Gun control has long been a controversial topic, especially in the United States. Most Americans believe guns are essential to their freedom, a sentiment enshrined in the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms. Americans own almost 50 percent of the civilian-owned guns worldwide and has 120.5 guns per capita,…
Education, Immigration
African Students Could Be the Hidden Victims of Trump Administration’s Proposed Visa Restrictions
By Greer Jackson Whether by design, coincidence or indifference, the Trump administration’s proposal to tighten restrictions on international students could extract greater tolls on those from Africa, whose numbers are among the least contributing to what the administration asserts is a national security threat, critics of the plan say. Countries on the continent account for…
Economics, Social Justice
Is 15 Percent Too Much to Ask?
By Tia Lowe It was just a few days after George Floyd died under a policeman’s knee on a Minneapolis street, a killing that would breathe greater life into protests against racial injustice as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, that Aurora James posed her question. “What if major retailers like Walmart, Sephora, Target…
Police Reform
Would increased police training save black lives?
By Ravyn Hardwick George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was seen by millions in video footage gasping, “I can’t breathe” while a white police officer kneeled on his neck until he died. In death, he joined a growing litany of names: Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Philando Castille, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice, just…
Immigration
The Africans Among Them
By Jaylin Ward The woman who said a doctor at an immigrant detention center removed one of her fallopian tubes without her consent doesn’t quite fit the Trump administration’s suggested image of a desperate illegal alien sneaking across the border from Mexico. She is 30 years old, has a 12-year-old American-born daughter, and has lived in…
Election 2020, Police Reform
‘Defund the Police’ Doesn’t Mean Dystopia in America
By Jaylen Williams Calls to defund the police after the death of George Floyd got a lot of attention in the 2020 election season, with each presidential candidate accusing the other of seeking to slash the budget for law enforcement. But what does the call to “defund” even mean and does either outgoing President Trump…