Food deserts continue to put Black communities at-risk
By Antonio Cooper Food deserts disproportionately deteriorate the health of Black communities due to the deficiencies in access to affordable healthy food options caused by this layered inequality.
Mass shootings are an American issue
By Dalila Da Silva Lopes For the second time in less than a week, America has experienced another gunman’s deadly rampage. Mass killings are defined as four or more dead, not including the…
Georgia’s Black Congresswoman confronts voter suppression
By Shayler Richmond Georgia State Representative Park Cannon is a Black Congresswoman whose liberties were seized by authorities in Georgia’s State Building, Mar. 2021, her seemingly ill-deserved arrest is the unjust reality of how…
Women raising kids through racism and COVID-19
By Kierra Gray Women, the world’s most vulnerable community, are once again being required to bear the greatest weight and carry society forward.
Can’t stop won’t stop GameStop
by Dalila Da Silva Lopes Toward the end of January 2021, the stock market experienced something quite unprecedented, “Amateur” investors (as the mainstream media has branded them) gathered together on the Reddit platform and…
A fashion forward start for Madame Vice President
Treonna Turner The inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, marked a forever night of change for so many Americans, arguably the most important shift was Kamala Harris taking office as the first Black and South…
America comes home to roost
By Dalila Da Silva Lopes What the world witnessed yesterday in the United States Capitol was the natural and inevitable consequences of 4 years of inflammatory, racist, and dangerous rhetoric spewed by President Donald Trump.
American students and schools combat COVID-19 alone
By Kierra Gray COVID-19 exposed instabilities within the infrastructure of the American educational system at all levels, ostracizing students and forcing them to fight for learning necessities.
Equity in America isn't red or blue, it's Black
By Shayler Richmond The unfaltering willingness of many Americans to align with hatred was made plain yet again by the narrow margins of Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, and President-Elect Joe Biden’s 2020 victory; the persistent…