The COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, has caused an epidemic in our country. College and professional sports have called to be postponed until a later...

By: Stacy E Kratz, PhD, LCSW, CAP The new world order with COVID-19 means every single day, over and over, decision after decision is made on how to move forw...

I have finished watching the Netflix Limited Series, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. One word that easily comes to mind is heartbreaking. Not sim...

Oftentimes while you’re scrolling through your social media, or watching your favorite sports team in live action, or while busting out your cardio at the gy...

By: Emmett L. Gill, Jr., PhD, MSW, LMSW I hesitated to write anything about the January 2020 suicide of Bryce Gowdy in part because of my passion for mental ...

It is now September and that conjure up multiple meanings for many people. It means the month of Labor Day. It means back to school for most. It means the en...

We are living in very dangerous times where according to the FBI we have seen a sharp increase in hate crimes being reported since 2017. There has been an ex...

When They See Us: The Central Park 5, Kyle Lowry, Kevin Durant, and the Criminalization and Mistreatment of the Black Male Summertime 2019 has already been sw...

Pride Month is officially upon us. This pride will be significant because June 28th will mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion that catapulted...

In late April our local news outlet announced the resignations of 3 leading high school boys basketball coaches in our metro area. This area comprises a tota...

(By Zach Draves) Nina Simone’s classic Mississippi Goddman began with “Alabama got me so upset” and given the recent anti-abortion law that was passed in tha...

As many have heard, Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell returned from a 40 game suspension after it was reported that he physically and emotionally abused...

To paraphrase Malcolm X, the most disrespected woman is the black woman. That couldn’t be truer than what occurred this past week when the sport’s governing ...

It was just a normal day on Tuesday April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Students and teachers were going about their business goi...

I was given one of the very greatest blessings of my life two summers ago--a blessing that drastically changed how I view myself, creation, and our purpose--...

The prophetic soul genius Marvin Gaye lyrically stated in his iconic anthem of social consciousness “What’s Going On” a principled critique on respectability...

Over the past several weeks, several fights have unfolded during college football contests and skirmishes before and during collegiate basketball games. Seve...

The week of Nov. 12-19 is Transgender Awareness Week. This is a time for us to have serious discussions about how we have come and how far we need to go to a...

Soccer in America today is so different than when I was a kid. I started playing soccer when I was in seventh grade. It was the first girls team in my small ...

1968 was a pivotal year in American history as well as one of the most turbulent. The year began with the further expansion of the unjust war in Vietnam that...