Mahlet Sugebo

My name is Mahlet Sugebo and I’m an international student from Ethiopia. I fell in love with writing at a young age and will do my best in HQNN to use my platform to highlight stories that are overlooked by mainstream media. I’m in my third-year journalism major at Quinnipiac University, in the 3+1 Dual Degree program. I'll graduate with my Bachelors this May and will get my Masters's degree by May 2022.

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What Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict means for the future of racial justice

Graphic by Lo Yarnall

In light of Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict, criminal justice students at Quinnipiac University hope this landmark conviction means more police officers will be held accountable for their actions.  “I was thinking of it on the side of, throughout history, they haven’t been tried as guilty for the things that they do,” said Leilani Girard-Isaac, a…

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Climate change hits BIPOC communities harder; local activists fight back

Newhallville is the neighborhood activist Doreen Abubakar has transformed a downtrodden area formerly known as "the mudhole" into the Learning Corridor – a place where residents of the neighborhood can fully utilize the natural resources nestled in their own block. Photography by Mahlet Sugebo.

Connecticut social and environmental activists talk about what they’re doing to combat the disproportionate impact of climate change on BIPOC and working class communities.

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Kamala Harris to visit New Haven, ‘It’s a thank you tour for all of Rosa DeLauro’s hard work’

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit New Haven this Friday as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Here to Help” tour, showcasing the way the American Rescue Plan will benefit communities throughout the country.  After visiting New Haven, Harris will go to West Haven’s Child Development Center just after 4:30 p.m. The end of…