The Church Was Never Supposed to Be Milwaukee’s Mental Health System. It Became One Anyway.
With Black men underserved by clinical mental health systems, Milwaukee’s churches have quietly absorbed a role no one assigned them — first responder for pain with nowhere else to go. Marcus Hart on what that role actually requires, and where faith alone runs out of road.
It’s BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month. The Data on Black Veterans Should Scare Us Into Action.
Black veterans deployed in combat develop PTSD at 22%, compared to 14.1% for white veterans — and face steeper barriers to care. Marcus Hart, a combat veteran himself, on what’s actually driving that gap and what community-level solutions look like beyond another awareness month.