In difficult times, it is tempting to say, “Thankful for what?” But the message of the Resurrection is that hope is stronger than despair.

Nakeya Fields has seen how the stresses that come with being Black — racial injustice, financial strain, social isolation — can leave people feeling hopeless and push some into substance abuse. It’s ...

Anne Case and Angus Deaton coined the term “deaths of despair” for deaths related to suicide, drug use, and alcohol poisoning in their influential 2015 paper. They argued that such deaths often share ...

Despair comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s triggered by a specific event; other times, it arrives inexplicably, without notice or cause. It’s impossible to find a person who hasn’t experienced ...

Søren Kierkegaard’s theory of despair. In The Sickness Unto Death, the Danish philosopher posed a difficult question: Is despair an essential feature of human life? You’ve probably had the ...

Across the United States, more people are dying from so-called "deaths of despair"—suicide, drug and alcohol poisoning, and alcoholic liver disease—than at any other point in recorded history, ...

Melissa Trejo is a Film and Television features writer here on Collider. Born and raised in the rougher parts of South Los Angeles, Melissa always loved the magic of storytelling from an early age.