Police use newborn blood samples in crime investigations Angelique Attaway, ACUMEN Intern A recent New Jersey lawsuit alleges that police...

S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Project Cuts Through Stereotypes BY LEE ROSS, ACUMEN EDITOR Brandon Bell lived his life as any typical 13-year-old —...

BY DR. SHANTELLA SHERMAN, ACUMEN PUBLISHER There was always something in her eyes. Something magical and familiar, warm, but also fiery....

Changing the perception of sex assault victims and survivors aids kit production and prosecution BY CHRISTIE PASCHAKIS ACUMEN SENIOR...

DC LAWMAKERS EVICT HOMELESS FROM ENCAMPMENT, CITE INCREASED CRIME AND VIOLENCE Acumen News Report PHOTOS BY SY SHERMAN / FOR THE ACUMEN...

Lawmakers Offer Tubal Ligations or Vasectomies in Exchange for Time-Served in Prison BY DR. SHANTELLA Y. SHERMAN If West Virginia state...

How the Film “Claudine” Continues to Inform Black Love Relationships, Forty-eight Years Later By Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman, ACUMEN...

[By Lee Ross, Acumen Editor] It's clear to anyone who knows me that as an Anglophile, the thought of British Christmas, Boxing Day, and...

BY CHRISTIE PASCHAKIS, ACUMEN GUEST EDITOR The four words you never want to hear your partner say, and yet there they were – hovering...

BY LEE ROSS, ACUMEN EDITOR WITH DR. SHANTELLA SHERMAN Television writers rarely afford viewers storylines that incorporate the long-term,...