press & BLOG FEED

This guide explores three levels of manipulation and control based on ten key questions and dives into the influences behind these behaviors

Create routines your children can count on, whether it's Saturday morning pancakes, bedtime stories, or simply asking about their day.

By Delia O’Hara Date created: July 19, 2023 Photo credit: Shalicia Johnson, ArrowStar Photography Alvin Thomas, PhD , assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW), researches Black families, and especially the development of Black men and their role in their families and communities. Thomas, who heads up the Resilient Youth Lab in the School of Human Ecology at UW , addresses the artifacts of structural racism—discrimination, violence, incarceration, poli

Pop culture is finally pushing back against mischaracterizations of Black fathers as absent or uninvolved.

Dr. Tiffany Green joins us to talk about racial disparities in health, women and families in Dane County.

Executive Director of Common Ground’s Forward Scholars Volunteer Training Program in Milwaukee joins us.

Talking about mental health for men and Black men in particular, and the Barbershop Mental Health program.

Our research shows that the idea that fathers are rarely nurturing caregivers is both harmful and untrue.

Talking about fostering Black Fatherhood, breaking the myth of uninvolved Black fathers, mental health and raising black men.

Accessibility of mental health services must be improved for Black families and children.

COVID-19 was a learning experience for Cecilia Ridgeway and her friends.

Alvin Thomas describes his lab's research in father-child relationships, as well as other factors that positive outcomes in youth.

Read about Alvin Thomas’s work and how he’s seeking to build up Black and low-income communities around the world.

Alvin Thomas says big trials like the Rittenhouse trial can cause PTSD in some people.

A local group and researchers are working to better figure out how men can help women and babies during the pregnancy process and beyond.

Dr. Alvin Thomas peaks to the trauma and the psychological toll on Black people related to repeated news headlines

Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 23% of COVID-19 deaths are African Americans.

Somewhere in America, a 14-year-old Black boy is playing video games in his room.

There’s a mental health crisis on the horizon for the Black community, according to Dr. Alvin Thomas.

black patients are more likely to carry stress and fears of dealing with the health care system with them to the clinic.