As Howard University prepared for the 2025–2026 academic year, a record number of rising sophomores were placed in off-campus housing, sparking frustration over unkept promises to expand and improve ...

Despite today’s turbulent social climate, protest anthems have faded from mainstream music. Shaped by capitalism, streaming trends and societal shifts, the industry now seems to favor feel-good, viral ...

Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr. in his office at the Howard University Hospital on Oct. 11, 2024. (Cymphani Hargrave/The Hilltop) While sitting in his office decorated with degrees and pictures of friends ...

Living in today’s fast-paced and hyper-connected world, multitasking is often hailed as a vital skill. From responding to emails during meetings to checking our phones while watching TV, it is easy to ...

National conversations are emerging over efforts to remove the famed 1863 photograph “The Scourged Back” from public display after a March 2025 executive order signed by President Donald Trump. The ...

View from behind home plate during the Phillies/Nationals game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Famartin via Wikimedia Commons) As Major League Baseball celebrates rising ...

“One, two, three– we love Chuck Brown!” the audience called out as a group of people, including D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, cut a red ribbon in front of a painting of the Godfather of Go-Go. The Go-Go ...

As Hispanic Heritage Month begins, Howard University students and professors share what it means to be Afro-Latine, not only to them, but the role their culture plays in the United States as well.

Civil rights advocates hold signs saying “LOUISIANA DESERVES FAIR MAPS!” outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in March on the first day of oral arguments in the Louisiana congressional ...

Howard forward Steve Settle III during the 2021–2022 season at Burr Gymnasium. (Photo courtesy of Rodney Pierce) Former Howard University men’s basketball forward Steve Settle III’s NBA journey has ...

E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse. Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals building. (Photo courtesy of Ken Lund via Flickr) Following more than three years of tentative deliberation, a legal ...

Rebecca Celeste, a 2024 Howard alumna making her first on stage debut since graduation, recalls looking at herself in the mirror and thinking, “You’re actually doing it.” Celeste stepped into the ...