Retired Prison Doctor Saves Lives Mentoring Children of the Incarcerated
Juliette Fairley
When Dr. Karen Gedney started mentoring the children of incarcerated parents ten years ago, she was surprised at how chaotic their lives
When Dr. Karen Gedney started mentoring the children of incarcerated parents ten years ago, she was surprised at how chaotic their lives
When he was 8 years old, Andre Henry became an orphan after losing his parents. At the time, he had been living
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When Travis Hollman launched the Locker Room Contest, inviting students to send videos of their outdated locker rooms, he had planned to
When Virginia-based tech entrepreneur and angel investor Pete Snyder realized COVID-19 had created an economic crisis for small businesses, his wife Burson
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Growing up, the only person Charles Mizrahi knew on Wall Street was an uncle who waited tables in the New York Stock
The stars aligned for a group of artists and artisans to pay proper homage to the Declaration of Independence Back in 1992,
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I promised myself long ago that if I were ever lucky enough to have grandchildren, I would be the best grandmother! I
When LeTitia Owens relocated to Atlanta, she thought it was to pursue a singing career. Instead, she unexpectedly became homeless and began
Sally was a Dutch Shepherd dog who arrived at Laurie Dorr’s Finally Home Senior Dog Rescue and Retirement Home in North Yarmouth,
The past 20-plus years of mass media reporting on the environment has been dominated by predictions of cataclysmic catastrophe and mayhem, although
“I didn’t realize it at first, but it slowly dawned on me that I had been rehearsing for this role my entire
There was a gang member who had been in prison all his life, who said he’d never once cried in all his
Daniel Garza often helps teachers and military veterans buy their first home. As a result, his real estate business has grown and
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