Love

Like many Black girls, Keisha Charmaine

One Woman’s Locks Journey Inspired An Entire Brand

Photo: We Buy Black Like many Black girls, Keisha Charmaine began getting chemical relaxers when she was just eight years old. This led her ...

Poitier

Sidney Poitier Joined Ancestors Surrounded By Family

Sidney Poitier. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The following statement was released by the Poitier family: There are no words to convey the deep sense of ...

Trump and Biden

Can love trump money in the contested U.S. Presidential Race

The Beatles sang that “money can’t buy you love.” But can love- and the brain- sway the current, hotly contested, United States election? This ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lessons on Love from Martin Luther King Jr.: A psychologist’s dream

On January 21st, the “Peace Prophet” and Civil Rights Champion would be 90, a good time to reflect on his eternal contributions to our ...

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Creating Healthy Relationhips: Celibacy, Jealousy, and The Most Important Relationship of All

When I decide to commit to someone, they’ll have to take a second seat to who I’m already dating…the woman I am.

Mosque

Notes From a Christian at a Mosque

Have you ever met a Muslim? Have you ever attended a prayer service at an Islamic mosque? Prior to the attacks on 9/11, Islam ...

seeds

Seeds: What kind are you sowing?

Chattanooga, Tennessee is a beautiful, small city bordering the Tennessee River. I’ve been blessed to have visited Chattanooga many times over the years – ...

Flaga2

Flesh And Blood: The Individual Stories Of The Nine Charleston Massacre Victims

To think they even have to “debate” whether this should be removed or not… The lives of six women and three men were cut ...

Flaggg

4th of July in America – End Times

“Saturday in the park I think it was the Fourth of July. Saturday in the park I think it was the Fourth of July. ...

Hazel Jones

Thank You, Mama – an Open Letter from a Grateful Son

Dr. Hazel Thomas Jones is my mother. I’m indescribably proud of that fact.  She’s a lifelong educator. She’s an amazing woman – and not ...