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Mental Health Awareness: How To Help Yourself & Others

September is recognized as National Suicide Prevention Month, which strives to bring more awareness and resources to those struggling with mental health. Individuals within the Black community are often most affected by mental illness, whether that be depression, anxiety, PTSD, or harmful thoughts. The prevalence mental illness can have on minorities because of social, environmental, […]

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The Greatest Incubator of Black Talent in Sports

Featured, Sports / Branson Brooks

The Howard University men’s basketball team currently has the largest managerial staff in the nation, and currently has over 70 students on staff. When you look at a college basketball team and think of a student manager, the first thing that probably pops up in your mind is wiping the court or handing out water

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S-N-S Hobbies: Inspiration, Foundation, and Nostalgia

Around The City, DC Culture, Featured /

Kojo Cross, owner of S-N-S Hobbies, does not just run a Black-owned toy store in Washington, D.C. He brings meaning to the words “inspiration, foundation and nostalgia.” Cross has utilized his childhood inspiration–watching his father’s entrepreneurship come to fruition–learning early on that what he liked mattered, and that he could pair that with something that

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Shedrick Pelt: Documenting the Quintessence of Washington D.C.

DC Culture, Featured /

Shedrick Pelt–40-year-old, photographer, publisher, graphic designer, and activist–uses his lens to capture historical moments showcasing Black pride, community support, and activism. Whether it be capturing local protests for affordable rent, celebratory events in the District, or attending fundraising events with climate activists to capture organized disruption, Pelt is there. Accountability and Commitment to Community Pelt

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A Push for Change: Why Sex Ed Needs a Revamp Across the U.S.

1 Comment / Featured, Health & Fitness /

Sex Ed was that oh-so-awkward lesson during the winter months at your local high school that crammed a lifetime’s worth of information into two or three short days during physical education. Most of us have taken some form of a sex health class before in our lives, or at least a small unit of it

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Continuing the Dream? Not Really…

Can I Speak Freely, Featured / The Editor's Voice

August 26, 2023 If this was the continuation of the dream, wake me up now! After five hours of bloviated speeches and 90-degree heat, I tapped out and told an equally frustrated observer, “I don’t care what they have to say at this point.” Hearing speaker after speaker telling us how the arc of the

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Through the Lens of Amber Logan, aka Stony

DC Culture, Featured /

Black Joy, Black Pain, and the Remaining Elements of Chocolate City As we all know, gentrification brings gains and losses. The city may acquire new buildings but at the cost of losing historically relevant memorabilia. Whether it be community events like Moechella or a familiar corner store, these elements of the community stand to become

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Grindstone Universal: Limitless Inspiration & Timeless Innovation

Arts & Culture, Featured /

I met up with Grindstone in NW, at Meridian Hill Park on Saturday to get an understanding of the origins of Grindstone, the business and the man. When planning the meet up on the phone, I asked what his name was to formally introduce myself. He responded, “People know me as Grindstone.” This to me

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After George Floyd, Do Corporations Care?

Business, Featured / Myles Walker

The history of the meaning of the adjective “woke” is a rather unique one. In the United States, there are few words that are comparably divisive. What all major English dictionaries and most English speakers once agreed meant “alert to injustice” is now up for interminable partisan debate. Largely, Americans who are left of center

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Give Grace to New Graduates, Please

Can I Speak Freely, Featured /

Six months ago, I assumed that by now I’d be a few months into my first “big girl” position – accustomed to learning the ropes within the entertainment media industry. Instead, I often contemplate whether my true calling is elsewhere and if I’ll even end up utilizing the knowledge I’ve obtained from the writing courses

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