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When the story broke about the Apalachee High School shooting in Barrow County, Georgia, this tragedy hit home for me since Barrow County is only half an hour away from Clarke County, where I attended high school. Teachers and students from my high school alma mater, Clarke Central, were recently featured on "Good Morning America" to discuss ...Read more

A study of 5,459 U.S. adults released earlier this year by the Survey Center on American Life reveals an upward trend of young women leaving the church. This has caught the attention of researchers since more men than women have abandoned their childhood faith over the past 20 years. Now Gen Z women, particularly those ages 18 to 24, are walking...Read more

As Vice President Kamala Harris made history at the Democratic National Convention to become the first Black and Asian American woman to be nominated for president, many people have also been reflecting on another African American female activist who challenged the racism among DNC Mississippi delegates 60 years ago: Fannie Lou Hamer. Hamer is...Read more

When my summer vacation began at the end of May, I decided to start a new journey of health and wellness. My exercise routine had been very inconsistent even after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 was no longer a public health emergency last year. Like many people, I was consistently going to the gym before the pandemic and was at...Read more

I always look forward to the U.S. women's gymnastics team competing during the Olympics, and I must say that the ladies representing our nation this summer did not disappoint. Of course, there were a few personal disappointments with Simone Biles and Suni Lee falling during the balance beam finals, but the overall medal count was still ...Read more

As the 2024 campaign for the White House between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris continues to rev up with traded barbs and personal attacks, one particular jab that Trump took at Harris during a panel interview at the National Association for Black Journalists Convention in Chicago will certainly be readdressed ...Read more

As my mother and I watched President Joe Biden speak to the nation after announcing that he would not be running for reelection, my mother brought up one of my funny childhood moments when Gerald Ford was president. It was during Ford's 1975 address to the nation on energy policy, and she remembered my tantrum of dissatisfaction that Ford's ...Read more

While I was watching the ongoing news reports on the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump last weekend, I was simultaneously scrolling through social media posts on X. The repulsive vitriol was and continues to be ever present, and although President Joe Biden had the best intentions in his plea for unity during his address ...Read more

The film "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot" begins with a beautiful truth about childhood innocence. As the cameras pan over the woods of rural southeastern Shelby County, Texas, the narrator mentions that when you are a child you don't have much to worry about because the world just seems simpler. At least this is the way it should be ...Read more

In May, the Pew Research Center published results from January and April surveys on African American voters' opinions on the upcoming November election and domestic and foreign policy, along with their thoughts regarding President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The January sample size consisted of 759 Black adults out of 5,140 ...Read more

The kid in me really enjoyed Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2," the sequel to the beloved 2015 film that introduced us to Riley, an only child who is somewhat shy but has a big heart of kindness.

I actually think the first film was funnier as it tackled Riley's growing emotions of Joy, Fear, Sadness, Disgust and Anger from a young girl to the...Read more

Within the past week, I have been reading some interesting Chronicle of Higher Education articles that my campus dean sent regarding concern about students' lack of zeal for intellectual engagement in the classroom. We spent some time discussing this in my annual review, particularly how many professors now feel they are at a crossroads in ...Read more

In concluding with Part 2 from last week's column, "Addressing Mental Health in the Church," I want to share some final essential and helpful points that I received from this Bible study series taught by my pastor, Overseer S.D. Carter.

The first one is that mental illness is not the result of sin or punishment for it. Unfortunately, a damaging...Read more