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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Dominique Dixon poses for a photo with her handmade polymer clay earrings. Dixon founded Mahogani Shop in 2017 using her design background and inspiration from African culture. “I started [Mahogani] in a place where I was trying to rediscover myself as an artist, as a Black woman," Dixon said. "So a lot of my influence comes from my culture, architecture, art.”

‘Rhythm and Blooms’: Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market highlights local Black businesses

Zoe MacDiarmid, news staff May 29, 2024

As shoppers perused pop-ups at the Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market, passersby could see Tony Johnson and Greg Bailey laughing and effortlessly engaging customers in conversation. Friends since childhood when they grew up going to church together, they achieved a new milestone...

Crates of candles for sale sit inside of Sniff of Adventure's store on Newbury Street. The brand was founded in 2020.

Sniff of Adventure brings candles from the kitchen to Newbury Street

Kathryn Naughton, news correspondent October 13, 2023

The vibrant orange hue and the sweet smell of vanilla greet your senses as you approach the door of Sniff of Adventure, a candle shop on Newbury Street.  The co-owners, Adam Shane and Christopher “Chris” Swank, started their candle venture in 2020 and are about to hit...

Julia Romero, a social media intern and student at Boston College, stands in front of a table full of books for sale. Hummingbird Books has sold and shipped many banned books to Families Against Books Bans and Lowcountry Pride, organizations that help provide students in Beaufort County with otherwise inaccessible books. Photo courtesy Hummingbird Books.

Hummingbird Books takes on book bans across state lines

Annie Cayer, news correspondent September 19, 2023

In the quiet nooks of libraries and behind closed school doors lives a battle that's significance is often hidden from the public eye. It's a battle over words and the fundamental elements of intellectual liberty.  This is the new reality of book bans: where stories are silenced...

Quontay Turner and Danita Mends pose for a picture at the Northeastern Valentine’s Day Marketplace Feb. 11. 
Turner and Mends cofounded the Emerald City Plant Shop, one of the local small businesses at the Valentine's Day Marketplace.

Northeastern Valentine’s Day Marketplace supports Mutual Aid, small businesses

Gray Timberlake, news staff February 24, 2021

Students lined up outside of the tents on Robinson Quad Feb. 11 to buy gifts at the Valentine’s Day Marketplace for loved ones while also supporting small businesses and benefiting Northeastern Mutual Aid.  The tents housed four booths selling items like handmade crocheted...