Jeena R. Curry

They say love is easy when everything is going right. But Shymel and I… we learned what love really is when everything wasn’t. There are days when the weight of our reality tries to convince me that something is wrong with us—like love isn’t supposed to feel this hard. But then I remind myself… every couple faces challenges. Ours just looks different. It doesn’t mean our love is broken. If anything, it proves just how strong it is. We’ve had moments where frustration could’ve easily turned...

In the 1990s, growing up as a young Black boy in New York often meant learning survival before you ever learned freedom.

Prison visitation is supposed to preserve family bonds. That’s the official narrative.