When the poet Andrea Gibson learned two years ago that their ovarian cancer was incurable, the news marked a turning point; ...

Though Andrea desperately wished to have a longer life, they could not have possibly lived a fuller one,' the late poet's ...

While Meena Kumari earned the title of Bollywood’s Tragedy Queen for her melancholic characters, her real life mirrored much ...

What begins as a provocative journey of self-discovery in FX’s Dying for Sex gradually transforms into something far deeper and more unforgettable: a raw, nuanced portrait of how we say goodbye.

The discomfort of loneliness shapes us in ways we don’t recognize—and we may not like what we become without it.

About 35,000 Michigan K-12 students experience homelessness each year. Detroit teen Charisma Holly tells her story.

San Francisco’s brand-new Disability Cultural Center (DCC) — which celebrates its grand opening on Thursday, July 17, at 165 ...

Living with a chronic illness can be challenging, especially for people who don’t “look” sick. Navigating the daily grind of life, which includes balancing relationships with friends, family, ...

It was September 2023, and I was reading a poem I’d written, “Andy’s Attic,” as part of a playput on by Teen Hype, a youth development program in Detroit. The group’s student organizers curated a ...

An estimated one in four Americans suffers from chronic pain. For one in 10 of those sufferers, their pain is so intense, it ...

Why do some people suffer more than others, even when the pain is the same? Scientists have uncovered a hidden brain circuit that connects the physical experience of pain to its emotional aftermath.

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...