by Jeriah Brumfield | Nov 8, 2024 | Feature
MRS. WANDA Campbell’s day at the Manchester Recycling Center begins each week with the sun rising over a stream of cars pulling in, the trunks filled with cardboard, plastic, and glass. With a warm smile and a kind word for each visitor, Mrs. Wanda has become the...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Nov 8, 2024 | Feature
PAULETTE BENNETT submerged herself in a world of colors, textures, and endless possibilities. Her hands, full of untapped potential, danced across a plethora of notions and other materials, transforming them into something beautiful. As she worked, she couldn’t help...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Oct 12, 2024 | Stories
IT’S A busy police station. Phones ring, radios crackle, and officers rush in and out. A desk sergeant in the middle of filing paperwork grabs a jacket and assures a dispatcher that they’re already en route. A patrol car, lights flashing, sirens wailing. A patrol...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Oct 12, 2024 | Stories
WE RARELY wake up asking, “How will I change the world today?” When we face the blare of an alarm, most of us instinctively reach for the snooze button, begrudgingly start our day, and confront the daunting to-do list on our phones. But for our nation’s World War II...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Oct 12, 2024 | Cover
SHERMAN WHITE remembered that day fondly as tears gathered in his eyes. The little boy he and his fellow firefighters had rescued from a car lay on the gurney. The boy’s future had yet to be determined. White and the other firefighters stood by, hopeful, as the...
