Under an ombré sky on April 11, 2011, just before 8 p.m., LaShanda Armstrong drove her minivan into the dark,…

Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day. It’ll hardly get a passing mention across most African-American media platforms…

Blogging at Essence, Janelle Harris writes that she believes as Oprah Winfrey does, that "you can only be what you…

Janelle Harris shares at Ebony why, as a single mom, she doesn't need recognition on Father's Day. Her piece…

Essence's Janelle Harris makes the case that corporal punishment that leaves welts and open sores is going to…

In a reflection on the recent flap about India.Arie's alleged skin bleaching, Essence's Janelle Harris says that…

(The Root) — There are few places where we can watch the spirit of liberation and the scourge of oppression coexist…

Reflecting on the online infamy of 10-year-old rapper "Lil Poopy," Clutch magazine's Janelle Harris wishes we'd…

Essence's Janelle Harris takes her turn slamming the all-too-common male armchair relationship expert — and his…

Clutch magazine's Janelle Harris admits that she's at least partly guilty of "pandering to the social convention…

Contemplating her own history in the church and reports on the increasing number of young people without religious…

In a poignant essay about her own family, Clutch magazine's Janelle Harris encourages all of us to spend time with —…

On Jan. 7 at Clutch magazine, Janelle Harris paid tribute to Zora Neale Hurston on what would have been the writer's…

In a blog post at Essence, Janelle Harris takes up the question of black authenticity in light of the "cornball…

Essence's Janelle Harris reflects on the latest instance of public-transportation violence. 

Janelle Harris, inspired by the season's upcoming hibernation-inducing weather, makes a list of suggestions at Essenc…

Writing at Essence, Janelle Harris chronicles her childhood struggles and explains how being targeted by classmates…

Blogging at Clutch magazine, Janelle Harris tackles the perennial problem of women who try to win the affections of…

Raising a child, many mothers say that they give it their all. Still, Janelle Harris writes in Essence, perhaps…

Reflecting on an attempt to conduct roll call as a substitute teacher, Clutch magazine's Janelle Harris says she…