Last year, a doctor heading a physical-therapy program at an institution of higher education faced an all-too-familiar ...

As if families don’t have enough to squabble about, now we have coronavirus conflicts. On the one side are family members who live in self-imposed isolation, afraid of their own breath. On the other ...

Last year, I wrote a story about the importance and power of small acts of kindness during the holiday season in the San Antonio Express-News. Those reflections feel even more urgent today. I now feel ...

I cover the film industry. Now I'm of course supposed to say that not every ensemble African-American comedy will pull these grosses. Paula Patton's Baggage Claim won't clear $25 million domestic, ...

My client, “Dan,” was a producer. Working in finance, he sold services to hedge funds. He was his firm’s number 1 seller. For being number 1, his managers rewarded him with recognition and attention.

It was Thanksgiving eve, 1989. Michael and I had been dating for a month, which gave him the title of "my first serious boyfriend" by default. I was twenty, he was turning twenty-three, and we were ...

The new film "The United States Vs. Billie Holiday" takes on the life of "Lady Day," the great Billie Holiday. And the woman playing her — Andra Day — is winning raves of her own with a nomination for ...

When she died in a hospital right here in New York on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday was under police guard as she began her last journey, traveling all alone. It was more than the conclusion of a ...