Cara Hackett
D.C. police struggle to bridge gap in minority ...

Washington D.C’s Metropolitian Police Department wants to build trust in the community, but cultural and generational divides are proving to be difficult for some officers.



D.C. police struggle to bridge gap in minority communities
Cara Hackett
Minority journalists maintain poker faces on ...

Social media has drastically changed the journalism and info-sharing landscape. Letters to the editor have shifted to online direct messages and posts endlessly being shared on social media. But for journalists of color, navigating social media and remaining objective can be complicated.

Minority journalists maintain poker faces on social media
Cara Hackett
Farewell, FAMU

It’s 7:42 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3 and I’ve been staring at a blank Word document for several hours. Blank, not because I don’t have anything to say, but because I cannot figure out where to start. How can I encapsulate my time at Florida A&M University into a 600-word article?

Farewell, FAMU
Cara Hackett
The cost of being an assault survivor

A $400 medical expense was not what Kristen was expecting after receiving an MRI resulting from her physically and emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend slamming her head against her apartment wall, dislocating the top portion of her neck.

The cost of being an assault survivor
Cara Hackett
Four FAMU deans removed from office

Dean of Florida A&M University's School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, Ann Kimbrough, has been removed from her office effective immediately, according to a hand-delivered letter received Monday.

Four FAMU deans removed from office

Puzzled over leadership?

Puzzled over leadership?

For nearly a year, the question of who is leading Florida A&M University’s Student Government Association has been in question. And just when it seemed to be resolved on Jan. 11 – after Justin Bruno and Devin Harrison were sworn in as SGA president and vice president – the student senate held an emergency meeting to reverse the decision.

Bruno named FAMU SGA president

Bruno named FAMU SGA president

Justin Bruno and Devin Harrison have been officially named president and vice president of Florida A&M University’s student government. Bruno-Harrison were notified by the student Electoral Commission on Wednesday, following a year-long lawsuit against Florida A&M University surrounding the spring 2016 voting controversy at the law school campus in Orlando.