Before Santa Monica was covered with concrete, traffic and pricey real estate, Cristyne Lawson remembers a town where open fields met the shore and a tight-knit community of Black Americans lived ...

One of the biggest problems with our society today is mental health, especially after a challenging year of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. It affects everyone and nearly one in five people in the U.S. suffer from mental health issues. Mental health ...

Jennifer Barnett wrote that she was 44 years old when her career ended. In a piece recently released on the online publishing platform, Medium, the former managing editor of The Atlantic came forward with her story about the abuse she endured from James ...

A 22-year-old zealously strumming the guitar in a subway stop for charity — it’s a sweet picture that Jason Y. Lee paints in my mind as he recalls the day he found a new purpose in his life — to create a movement of empathy for human good. Fast ...

In a December 8 news conference last year, then president-elect Joe Biden announced the administration’s now recognized goal of administering 100 million vaccines across the US in its first 100 days in office. While vaccine rollout seemed lackluster in ...

What do most people care about in life these days? My best guess is that they mostly revolve along the lines of “money”, “career” or “success.” I, too, have been pressured to think that the only way to a happy life is to test into a top ...

The first thing Kelly Mi Li said as she enters my Zoom meeting is: “You have really good lighting. Your skin is flawless.” I tell her I just woke up from an after-school nap. She laughs and says, “Whatever lighting you have, I want it.” Li is a ...

It seems like the U.S. can hardly catch a break with its COVID-19 cases. We are still topping the COVID-19 World-o-meter and with little evidence of this slowing. This is especially upsetting considering that some nations, such as New Zealand, are COVID-19 ...

There is nothing that makes me feel like I don’t belong more than reading profiles on dating apps. I was happily married to a man who found me attractive for the 42 years we had together.

Journalists and publishers are using Instagram in cool, innovative ways to share their stories and drive engagement with new audiences. As people spend more time on Instagram, we know they can also feel a certain pressure to present themselves in a certain ...