Jermaine grew up in New York with a crack addicted mother. To escape, this urban youth wrote about his pain....

Bobby Bledsoe admits he enjoyed doing drugs and running the streets, but says once you get caught up in it, it consumes you and becomes your God. His story could have ended in death or prison, but it doesn't. ...

Marcie just wanted to be loved, but after a string of boyfriends, pregnancies and abortions, she was lonely and broken....

A Leap of Faith Raymond and Mylinda Pearson had hopes that their home based childcare business would prosper. But when their income declined, they found themselves deep in debt....

Bala sells firewood for a living in his village in northern Nigeria. In his spare time, he likes to read. “I was reading in front of my house when I first noticed my eyesight was getting bad,” says Bala....

What started out as an adventure turned into a 130-feet drop into a mine shaft....

Jeanette was trapped in a horribly violent, abusive marriage. Her only chance at survival was to escape the relationship, if she could....