“Joy and pain (pump it up, pump it up), like sunshine and rain (sing it now, God’s children).” Worse than an earworm, that chorus has become the soundtrack of my life. Heedless of protest, life dishes ...

There are few joys more intense than when our own team wins a big game. Losing is just as intense but in a painful way. No wonder the old catchphrase of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, “The Thrill of ...

You probably don't think about it often, but joy can sometimes be scarier than pain. It seems counterintuitive, doesn't it? Pain is supposed to be the bad guy, while joy is the superhero. Yet, there ...

For the Rev. Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration to be recognized on the same day that his very antithesis is inaugurated into the presidency is to bring Frankie Beverly’s song “Joy and Pain” ...

I've described my pain to doctors so many times over the course of three decades that the words have lost all meaning. Shooting, stabbing, burning, throbbing . . . What doctor-approved adjective could ...

Zyaire returned to “Live in the D’s” Music Monday with a poised performance and plenty of updates. You might remember, Zyaire won the Local 4 Super Singer competition in June. She recently was the ...

When Arlo Parks set out to make her second album, she wanted to make sure everyone knew that she was singing about her lived experiences, and no one else’s. “The first record was attributing a lot of ...

Tim Drake’s story on the election results summed up how so many felt about the election. “Black Pro-Lifers’ Joy and Pain” (Nov. 16-22) recounted the difficult tug of war of feelings black pro-lifers ...