“Head Space: Exploring Black Men’s Mental Health” is an OBSERVER’s special series.This project is being reported with the support of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2024 Ethnic Media Collaborative, Healing California. Senior Staff Writer Genoa Barrow and The OBSERVER are among the collaborative’s inaugural participants.
OBSERVER Wins 12 Awards At California Newspaper Publishers Association Awards
The OBSERVER has been honored in 12 categories by the California Newspaper Publishers Association, which includes more than 1,000 daily, weekly, monthly, and campus newspapers. On May 17, The OBSERVER…
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Fit Check
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer EDITOR’S NOTE: Jabari Rahotep is The OBSERVER’s audience development manager. He was inspired to share his very personal journey with mental health…
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Stuck In That Place
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Anthony Graves has been in therapy more than a decade, but still faces a number of mental health challenges, some of which…
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Statewide Effort Empowers Youth In Suicide Prevention
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Add depression, isolation, anxiety, peer pressure and the pervasiveness of social media to all the other challenges of being young and Black…
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Mind Games
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer He may not have a degree in psychiatry, but Damien Harris’ lived experiences have made him an expert on mental illness. Harris…
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Congress (Finally) Talks Black Male Mental Health
By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer With the 2024 NFL draft being held virtually, football fans recently saw some selected players celebrating their big day surrounded by large…
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