Recently, a loved one in our family died. His passing was sudden; it was unexpected. He was too young, or so the rest of us insisted, for this to have happened. Like ourselves, he had commitments to ...

"When I wrote it, the feeling of the music was sad, but yet there was this beautiful melody that sat on top," Masterson says. Written for a string orchestra, the piece observes the conventions of ...

University of Virginia School of Law welcomed students back to class Wednesday, days after a gunman killed three and injured two on the school's Charlottesville campus. "This is a senseless loss," ...

Persistent sadness without a clear cause may indicate an underlying issue like depression, which is characterized by a constant feeling of unhappiness that doesn’t improve easily. Several factors ...

Susan Cain’s new book examines how sadness makes us whole. By Pilar Guzmán Have you ever wondered why we love sad songs, or get choked up at a “Thank you, Mom” Olympics commercial? Questions like ...

ALLENDALE — The Progressive Student Union at Grand Valley State University is advocating for the school to become a sanctuary campus. As part of those efforts, a group of roughly 30 students attended ...

Recently, a loved one in our family died. His passing was sudden; it was unexpected. He was too young, or so the rest of us insisted, for this to have happened. Like ourselves, he had commitments to ...