Chris
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” Those words, written by...
Aulzue “Blue”
We’ve shared a lot of stories on this blog. We’ve talked about the street life. Drugs. Robberies and brutality. We’ve considered violence as an addiction exactly like any other. Every...
Rickey
It’s hard to imagine a more troubled life than that which Rickey lived in his early years. From the moment of his birth he was surrounded by the street life:...
Anthony
“A shortcut is only going to come to a dead end.” So says Anthony Green, a student at the Turning Leaf Project. And he should know: his life began differently...
Tony
In the past several months, Covid-19 has thrown America’s economic pitfalls into sharp relief. Many of the workers today being applauded as “essential” don’t make enough money to make ends...
Dewayne
At the time of our writing this post, our country is tense. We’re in the throes of a pandemic the likes of which many of us wouldn’t have imagined in...
Jermaine
If you live in Charleston and go downtown on a weekend, chances are you’ve been approached by a little boy trying to sell you his handmade palmetto roses. Chances are...
