The fourth annual Arizona Two Spirit Powwow will celebrate the state’s two-spirit and LGBTQ+ communities on Saturday at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix. The free outdoor event will be held ...

Ivy Lin, MD, a hospice physician at Providence Hospital in Portland, Oregon, vividly remembers a patient in his early 50s who'd been a flight attendant before he had to take leave to undergo medical ...

It’s a long word, a neologism, that seeks to capture a cultural transformation that is both historically specific and socially profound, a shift in mentalities and practices cutting to the core of ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. The last time I published “In the Spirit” in ESSENCE was in 2008. I never expected to ...

Ultimately, civil authorities will not solve our spiritual problems. We should pray and fast for them and for strong leadership in our Church, but we can also create a fortress of spiritual protection ...