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Unlocking the Potential of Digital Classroom Assistants

Featured, Opinion, Science and Technology / Abdelrahman Hussein

In the relentless pursuit of educational excellence, teachers face an array of formidable challenges as they endeavor to impart exceptional instruction and cultivate young minds. From the ceaseless burden of administrative tasks to the overwhelming weight of workloads, these tenacious educators find themselves pushed to their limits. Yet, a beacon of hope emerges in the […]

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Brand and Sports Activism

Business, Featured, Sports / Myles Walker

Activism in the twenty-first century is unlike the activism of any previous era. Its most unique characteristic, of course, is the use of technology and social media to accomplish its goals. Surely, the Bolsheviks and Jacobins would’ve liked to have Instagram Live, but alas, thanks to social media, Internet search engines, and text messaging, the

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HR Records: A Mission in Music

Around The City, Arts & Culture, DC Culture, Featured / Myles Walker

Looking out like a sentinel over the interior of Brightwood Park’s HR Records is a complex and imposing mammoth of an art piece. Composed of acrylic, collaged images, found objects, polyurethane, vinyl, and cassette tapes, “33 and a Third of Soul” by local artist Ellington Robinson is as busy as it is meaningful. Naturally, the

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Ma’at Sunz: A Local Health and Wellness Company

Around The City, Black History, Business, DC Culture, Featured, Food & Drinks, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle /

Healthy living and healthy eating have always been trending topics in society. Despite this, eating what “tastes good” and doing what “feels good” have still been hard habits for many to break. According to a 2020 Center for American Progress, report, 13.8 percent of African Americans reported having fair or poor health compared with 8.3

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Toasting a Top-Notch Talent with Tunnel Vision

Around The City, Business, DC Culture, Featured /

Let’s get lost in thought. Your job is hosting a black-tie gala at an exclusive hotel. Celebrating the company’s successes with the coworkers that feels the most like family is highly important to you. Still, heavy reliance on a beauty troupe to make you feel the most beautiful you’ve ever been is just as vital.

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Breaking Barriers

Featured, Science and Technology / Abdelrahman Hussein

Dr. Sally Ride’s Journey to Space and the Rise of Women in Exploration In a world where breaking barriers and shattering glass ceilings has become the norm, it’s essential to reflect on the trailblazers who paved the way for the remarkable progress we see today. On June 18, 1983, Dr. Sally Ride, a brilliant physicist

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A Phantom’s Tale

Featured, Poetry / Abdelrahman Hussein

I found myself deadlocked in a phantom of art Each piece narrated an illusion of attraction My vision, lucid, I followed the appeal of my heart It led me to a diamond, caged by the eyes of them Their eyes glistened in your light A saying taught in the rings of Arabian poets, “You see

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The Satirist’s Dilemma

Fake News, Featured, News & Politics, Opinion / Myles Walker

I wrote the first installment of the Fake News series in October of 2020. Both the name and timing of the series attest to my inspiration: being three surreal years deep into the presidency of Donald Trump, in which he spurned the “fake news” that criticized him while welcoming “alternative facts” that improved his image.

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From Conflict to Compassion: Healing Historical Wounds for a Peaceful Future

Arts & Culture, Featured, Opinion, Uncategorized / Abdelrahman Hussein

Humans are incapacitated with unalienable emotions of love, happiness, contentment, and empathy, yet; it harbors seeds of hatred, cruelty, and bitterness. The current society we find ourselves in has experienced thousands of years of globalization through empires, dynasties, trade, and teachings. Along the line, our history books have narrated endless accounts of ethnic cleansing, brutal

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The Tears of Our Weeping Devil

Featured, Poetry / Abdelrahman Hussein

In my slumber, the devil spoke to me In my ears, he sang our melody You were the tune, I was the rhymes You were the stars, I was the night’s chimes We shared a devil, his eyes allured with drops of rain Flooding our gates with a catastrophe of sadness– illness I wished to

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