Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors ...

Like teenage girls across the Americas, Kassandra Rivas dreamed of having a quinceañera party, the rite of passage for ...

Some pastors offer circumcision ceremonies as an alternative to older practices involving ancestor worship, misogyny, and ...

(CNN) — The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...

There are no more "rites of passage" in larger modern American society because they are no longer needed to be considered an adult. A rite of passage is simply an activity that forces you to recognize ...

One of the central elements of the condition of Black youth in the U.S. is that they are being socialized in a society full of dehumanizing systems. Pop culture, public education, politics and a host ...

Just about every man remembers his first fight. It’s a common rite of passage. Mine was when I was 8 years old, on the school bus, with a classmate who was teasing my younger sister. I stepped in, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – I’ve reached the point in life where orthodontia is a recurring topic of conversation. Not just in my house, but wherever moms are gathered. Book clubs, holiday parties, sidelines of ...