As I often tell people, what got me to finally get my life together (of sorts) was not me. I wish I was enough, but…

When you don’t listen to your body, your body has a way of forcing you to listen. Or at least that’s what my body does,…

“He needs someone to treat him like the teacher treated Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker,” I said.

After years of suffering in silence, Mariah Carey has opened up for the first time about her experiences with bipolar…

Mental health is a hefty topic of conversation, and oftentimes in the black community, it’s something that’s swept…

A Virginia man who was facing multiple charges, including committing a hate crime after police said he dragged a black…

Theodora Marie is my mother. She is one-half of an identical twinship forged in Grandmother’s womb some 66 years ago.…

“You’ll probably need to be on medication for the rest of your life.”

A federal jury unanimously decided that police violated the rights of a 30-year-old black man when a family argument…

They say you can’t really help people in crisis unless they really want help. This past weekend, a video of former…

We’re living in a DIY culture, and there’s no one more DIY than bloggers. Blogging is a means of communication,…

Michelle Lee Shirley, 39, was fatally shot by Torrance, Calif., police as she approached a group of officers in her…