June came, and I paid off the balance from May, but I couldn’t afford that month’s rent at all. In July, I paid more off, but I was right...

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“You can only meet him on one condition,” He replied. “You never show your face around us ever again.” My heart stopped. I couldn’t believe

My childhood was simple, as is most of life in our community. And for many years, it was all I knew, all I needed...

Unfortunately, the north also houses some of the poorest and least privileged of the country. Labor can be as easily bought and sold...

I went to public school until my first year of middle school, and after that, I left and went to school on an army base...