Pop quiz. Which group experiences the higher rates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD: American soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan or American children living in high-crime neighborhoods? If...
It goes without saying that miscarriages are difficult to endure. They wear heavily on expectant mothers whose hopes commonly end both abruptly and painfully. Feelings of disappointment, guilt, and fear...
The idea of the casting couch isn’t a new one, but the allegations made against X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer obviously take things to a new level....
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by Staff · Published November 25, 2013 · Last modified March 27, 2017
My daughter’s beauty is beyond skin deep. She is compassionate, sensitive, and affectionate, always looking to cheer up those around her with a card, a handmade gift, or a hug....
Lifestyle / Motivational / Parenting / Race
by Daren W. Jackson · Published June 15, 2013 · Last modified January 29, 2018
I am a Black father. I have two children, a 5-year old son and a 21 month old daughter, and we are expecting our third. I work a 40-50 hour...
by Daren W. Jackson · Published August 15, 2012 · Last modified August 12, 2017
Kiese Laymon is an Associate Professor of English and the co-director of Africana Studies at Vassar College. He grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1998 and...
