Ghetto - A section of a city to which an entire ethnic or economically depressed group is is restricted; as by poverty or social pressure. Life for Blacks who reside in the inner-city has never been easy, but in the years since crack cocaine hit things have most definitely…
Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Through Girl Up’s support, girls have the opportunity to…
By: Amy Shakewell Being the wonderful single parent that I am, I thought big and safe was the way to go with the first car for my 16 year old son. WRONG!! I didn’t hear “sweet ride” or “nice wheels.” No! What I heard, to my horror, was…
By: Ray Rife – raysbbr@gmail.com Welcome to Ray’s “Boom-Boom” Room. I feel like I may be tooting my own horn in this instance, but helping someone to move is a true confirmation in friendship. Moving is terrible. So many people move differently. You can have the late packer who…
By: J. Norice Historically, child support has been thought of to serve as a middle ground between two parents to financially support the child. Modern day child support cases don’t always work that way. Typically money is taken out of the paycheck of the payer, which is usually the…
By: Max P. Domer Since its spiritual founding in 1916, Planned Parenthood has had its share of controversy. When Margret Sanger, an early proponent of birth control and the original president of what would become the organization we have today, founded the first American birth control clinic in Brooklyn,…
She grabs her son who's crying, lifts him forcefully up in this jerking motion, and then screams word for word, "You've ruined my life! You're always crying!" Right into the kid's face. She then promptly disappears back to her car, or wherever, leaving my friend and me to scratch our collective heads and wonder what the hell was that all about. And then we laughed.
By: Andrea Elizabeth What do you do when your CHILD is clearly having a sexual moment in front of you? For most parents in the USA, their first and final decision is to scold and punish the child. Well, psychologists claim this is completely wrong way to respond. As…
By: Amy Shakewell One year I had plans to head North to my mother’s house for Christmas. It had been over 16 years since my three siblings and I have had Christmas together. It was a much anticipated trip. The day before the trip I’m getting things all…