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In the summer of 1975, Mike Youngstown is eighteen, restless for independence, and certain the future was waiting. He and his best friend, Ted, take jobs as live-in counselors at a group home in their Ohio hometown—a stepping-stone before college, basketball, and adulthood begin in earnest...

A boy in Bolivia stands on his toes at a schoolroom window. Nobody invited him in. He went anyway.Forty years later, he is looking back — across a border crossing at thirteen, a sixth-grade demotion he refused to accept, a bowl of cold cereal in Tijuana, a Coca-Cola cup too large for one...

Find hope in healing from depression, anxiety, and addiction, and build a healthier, happier lifestyle, with practical strategies from Clay Olsen and Dr. Jacob Hess, leaders in mental health.What if what we’ve been told about mental health isn’t the whole truth?For years, we’ve been told...

Ira Harris was taken from his family by representatives from the Board of Education trying to prove Negroes were inferior to whites during desegregation. His story happened in America during the turbulent 1960's. His mother was told she had freedom of choice to send him to any school she wanted! When the time came, his mother was told Negroes had no rights. He was forced to attend a white school because representatives from the Board of Education were trying to prove Negroes were inferior to whites in an effort to stop desegregation.