Family comes first. That was a tenet you grew up with: nobody better come between you, sibs, and parents. Fam forever, sticking together. But...
Feeling the emotional pull to reconnect to her grandmother’s wisdom and her African-American heritage, award winning photojournalist Alysia Burton Steele embarked on a personal mission to...
Your father always told you to reach for the stars. Be the best you can be, he said. Never let obstacles get in your way. Strive...
A remote control and five hundred channels. That’s what you’ve got for entertainment, and there’s still nothing on TV. That doesn’t keep you from looking,...
You are a kid with determination. You set your sights on something, and it’s done. You don’t waste any time, don’t mess around – you...
You turned up the volume – again. Surely, the guy in the car next to yours must think you’re weird. There you are, groovin’ to...
There is life after high school. And were you ever happy to learn that! You couldn’t imagine spending the rest of your days feeling like...
Your best friend’s Mom never minds if you make too much noise. She takes you places and gives you snacks, too. She’s a really nice...
Once, many years ago, your grandmother chased your grandpa out of the house. Nobody remembers why or what happened afterward; the particulars are lost, and they...
Have you ever wanted to do something big – but you didn’t know how? You struggled. You practiced. You tried and tried and tried until...
By Mildred Trouillot “Tell No Lies” by Barbara Rhine has all the elements of good fiction – a suspenseful story line, complicated love interests, complex characters...
By Conrad Baldwin Did California’s courts issue thousands of void and unenforceable restraining orders between 1999 and 2007? Did those void orders cause the false arrest...
Everybody has that one friend. She’s the person you call in the middle of the night because you don’t know what else to do. He’s your...
This is the year when you’ll finally do it. Your New Year’s Resolution is to find love. You’ve vowed to open your heart and your mind...
Everybody needs a hero in his or her life. Somebody to look up to. Somebody to want to be like some day, to follow and admire...
Three-and-a-half steps. Visualize it: that’s how big your home is. Back against the wall, three-and-a-half steps until you can’t go anymore. Arms straight out at...
Your child loves his teacher. It’s something you’re grateful for, because that makes it easier for him to go to school. Every morning, he...
Death and taxes. That’s what your father used to say were the only things in life that you could count on. Neither one was escapable; both...
This year, your teachers say you’ve changed a lot. You’ve grown a couple of inches, which is the first thing they noticed. They say...
What can you say about tragedy? When it’s imminent, you brace yourself and hope to come out unscathed. In its aftermath, you mourn and, eventually, you...
Beginning in December of 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the most important catalysts for radically charging the American civil rights movement. A language...
You’ve read a lot of signs like that in your life, online and real-time. Save the whales or the environment, penguins or tigers, fish, trees, or...
You are entitled to change your mind. You don’t have to apologize or admit you were wrong. Just act on your new convictions and, sooner or...
The history books you had in school last year almost put you to sleep. They were filled with dates and stats, dead people, lost battles, and...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez It’s never been done before. It’s never been done, it’s never been tried. Maybe it’s never been thought of, either,...
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