When labor begins, every sound feels amplified—the steady rhythm of breathing, the beeping of a monitor, the quiet hum of anticipation. Then, somewhere between contractions, a familiar song begins to ...

In most Black households, Saturday mornings consist of two things: morning cartoons and house cleaning. The nostalgic feeling of the combination is familiar to many Black kids; in turn, it has become ...

Michael John Poirier had long been singing about forgiveness when, in 1990, his 79-year-old grandmother was murdered. Then, he recalls, he felt he had to put his words into action: Forgive the killer ...

For three years, the Philadelphia Lullaby Project has been pairing parents with songwriters to write original lullabies for their babies. The group has written and produced about 125 songs. Because ...