Drugs, abuse and neglect were part of a little girl’s introduction to the world. Her father was incarcerated and both her parents’ rights concerning her were eventually terminated. Now 9 years old, she went into foster care at age 2 and, by age 6, she had already been shuttled between a half-dozen different homes. “She […]
Her investment was just a few apples. But to the staff and sponsors of Flint Fresh Mobile Market the customer’s first purchase was priceless. “I’m buying these with the couple dollars I have,” the woman said, “because I really believe in what you’re doing and I really want you to succeed.” The market wasn’t yet […]
He went down in a hail of gunfire. At 21, Leon Wilson’s life as a flashy drug dealer and partier, who’d just bought champagne from a Saginaw Street market, appeared near its end. He bled from his head and back, wounded by masked men in a drive-by. Two weeks later Wilson woke from a coma […]