“The change you’ve been waiting for your entire lives.” These words were spoken by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump just[…]
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Growing up Poor and Black in the South: Interview With Chattanooga Ruth
They say there are two Americas today. Go back in time and we find more–but not too far back, mind[…]
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When I was a substitute teacher in Minneapolis a handful of years ago, I was blown away by the behavior[…]
Read moreJanice Volunteers at an Orphanage in Ecuador
We’ve read about Ecuador before from contributors to The Periphery. This golden nugget in South America rests, as its name suggests,[…]
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As I drove the final stretch home on my Southern U.S. road trip–through Wisconsin to the Twin Cities–the idea struck[…]
Read moreSouthern Experience #7: Stories (And Lessons) From a Memphis Retirement Home
Who better to share about the South than those who’ve been there the longest? On July 27 on my Southern Experience road[…]
Read moreBreaking the Taboo of Mental Illness
Dear Brandon, I live with mental illness; specifically, bipolar disorder. I am a member of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental[…]
Read moreAyla: The Finale – The 13 Lessons She Learned Traveling the World
After Cuba, Ayla’s next destination was her starting point–her home Norway. In this, Ayla’s final post, she looks back on[…]
Read moreON MENTAL ILLNESS
This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week Our modern world has seen the eradication of many diseases. We have the ability[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 15: Cuba
It ends with an even 10. Ayla’s last stop on her three-month world travel is country #10: Cuba. A country unseen[…]
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