By Alexander Douglas |Community Editor| “They took my life away when they took my keys,” said Donald, a Seccombe Park resident. This is what Donald told me when I started interviewing him in the park. While growing up he said he “always felt like a bastard. If my mom didn’t want me, why the f**k would the world would want me?” He said that he lived in foster care growing up and that he never met his father until he was in his mid-20s. When finally met his father he simply shook his hand, said nothing and just walked away. Donald has not seen his children for a while and that they are living out in Oklahoma. He had been a truck driver for 22 years and was originally from … [Read more...] about Life on the abandoned road
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Approaching the finish line
By Saeed Villanueva |Staff Writer| As Barack Obama's presidency winds down, Americans' take a look back at his time in office over the past eight years. Obama made history by becoming the first African-American ever to be elected president of the U.S., which came with a lot of pressure. Obama currently has a approval rating of 57 percent, the highest in four years, according to the most recent poll from Gallup. His list of accomplishments have included bringing the country out of a bad recession by signing the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 which led to economic growth for the country. In 2011, he ordered a special force team to raid a secret … [Read more...] about Approaching the finish line
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