Category: Family
Gabrielle Union on Making Peace and Loving Life
by Fierce Contributor | Sep 30, 2021 | Health & Wellness, Family, Joy!, Parenting, Relationships, Ties, Top Feature | 0
Pandemic Shows Black Americans Among Groups at Higher Risk for Suicide
by Sheree Crute | Aug 24, 2021 | COVID-19, Family, Health & Wellness, Top Feature | 0
By Aneri Pattani August 23, 2021 This story is a collaboration between KHN and “Science...
Read MoreAt Valor Village, Hurt People Help People
by Edwin B. Lake | Jul 4, 2021 | Transformations, Family, Joy!, Relationships, Ties, Top Feature | 0
Angela Johnson and her husband, William, who are an Army Silver Star family, endured a...
Read More‘Unintended Consequences’: The Rubber Industry’s Toxic Legacy in Akron
by Yanick Rice Lamb | Apr 15, 2021 | Health & Wellness, COVID-19, Family | 0
The jobs that a whole generation of factory workers held in Akron and other cities are mostly gone, but the health effects of the toxins they worked around every day still linger.
Read MoreRural Black Women Turn to Each Other, Mutual Aid and Activism to Survive COVID-19
by Connie Green Freightman | Nov 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Family, Health & Wellness, Health News, Ties, Top Feature | 0
Systemic racism and poverty have left rural Black women at high risk for COVID-19 so they...
Read MoreThe Fierce Friendship of Actors Pauletta Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson
by Fern Gillespie | Nov 1, 2020 | Joy!, Family, Friendships, Relationships, Ties, Top Feature | 0
Pauletta Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson might be married to superstar actors Denzel...
Read MoreParenting Your Parents When They Don’t Want Help
by Fierce Contributor | Jan 9, 2020 | Aging Fiercely!, Family, Health & Wellness, Ties | 0
How adult children communicate with parents can go a long way toward easing tensions. Instead of telling your parent what to do, ask how they’d prefer to solve problems. Elicit their priorities and recognize their values when making suggestions.
Read MoreEffort to Control Opioids in an ER Leaves Some Sickle Cell Patients in Pain
by Fierce Contributor | Jan 8, 2020 | Family, Health & Wellness, Health News, Ties, Top Feature | 0
By Sam Whitehead, WABE India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — ranging from dull...
Read MoreWhen Is It Time to Take an Elder’s Cell Phone?
by Yanick Rice Lamb | Sep 26, 2019 | Aging Fiercely!, Digitally Fierce, Family, Health & Wellness | 0
Whether it’s the keys or the keyboard, family members must be vigilant about safety — and...
Read MoreOn ‘Becoming’ and Michelle Obama’s Brilliant, Beautiful Approach to Life
Becoming, Michelle Obama’s long-awaited, and already much-loved memoir is a rich, engaging,...
Read MoreQueen Latifah and Her Mom Battled Heart Disease, Side by Side
by Yanick Rice Lamb | Apr 1, 2018 | Family, Health & Wellness, Health News, Ties, Top Feature | 0
This 2014 tribute to her mother, Rita Owens, was just one of many ways in which Queen Latifah...
Read MoreMonique Greenwood “Checks Inn” to OWN With Akwaaba Empire
by Yanick Rice Lamb | Dec 29, 2017 | Family, Money & Careers, Taking Care of Business, Ties, Travel | 0
Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns is the most successful B&B business on the East Coast, and...
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Fierce Voices
Inequality Is an Underlying COVID-19 Risk Factor
African Americans are contracting the coronavirus at an alarming rate, accounting for up to 70% of deaths in some areas. Is there hope? Yes, there are things that we can do, Dr. Melissa Clark explains. Click here to read.