In 2021 I went through the process of getting tested and treated for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The experience brought me a lot of clarity and self-understanding, but it also resurfaced a lot of emotions that I’ve struggled with throughout my childhood and adolescent experiences. …

After visiting St. Louis in 2017 through Howard’s Alternative Spring Break program and learning about its people and culture, I realized how much of what St. Louis has to offer out shadowed the tragic, yet significant, pieces of its history. It was eye-opening to see a community that I was…

***Plotline spoilers included*** “I don’t want to ask him to rearrange his life for me.” This line from Issa Rae’s character in Valentine’s Day feature The Photograph was a gut-punch. It succinctly captures one of my biggest apprehensions about dating and relationships — the idea that in the era of “situationships” and “shooting…

“You may not be a Picasso or Mozart but you don’t have to be. Just create to create. Create to remind yourself you’re still alive. Make stuff to inspire others to make something too. Create to learn a bit more about yourself.” -Frederick Terral I planned to make a video…

By: Kési Felton After a solo date to see Captain Marvel, I took advantage of the nice weather to walk through Chinatown to the National Mall, walking past some of my favorite landmarks (like the Newseum) and finding myself at the Capitol Building to watch the sunset. I began to…

In honor of National Reading Month, my organization Better to Speak hosts a book drive during which we collect books by, for and about Black people. For this installment of “What’s Your Story?” I interviewed Kyle McMurtry, author of “Henry’s Going to an HBCU” to discuss the impact of…

I remember attending last year’s Howard’s Hottest, a competition that brings nine students to the Cramton Auditorium stage to compete for Hottest producer, artist or DJ, and seeing Darius Carter — who raps by the name DC Lyrics — give a very dope performance of his song “Dilemma” which won…

Thank you to everyone who participated in my social media poll, I’ll still write on staying power, but it was pretty clear you guys wanted to first see a post on self-accountability. When I thought of that phrase, self-accountability, the infamous video from Cycle 4 of America’s Next Top Model…

A few months ago, my baby dadd- I mean fellow Bison Chadwick Boseman came back to Howard University to participate in a panel after the screening of Marshall, a film detailing one of (another Howard alumnus) Thurgood Marshall’s career-defining cases as a lawyer for the NAACP. One thing Chadwick said…