Stories by Horace Fisher

For as long as Janet Palmer can recall, her life has always been a struggle - playing the roles of mother and father to her six children, putting food on the table, providing shelter for the family, and ensuring that her children go to school...

Some time ago, Conroy Nelson, in a tearful outburst, chronicled to Rural Xpress his difficulties caring for twin daughters Alicia and Alisha Nelson. The single father, who was then sharing a one-room apartment with the girls, also lamented the need for the young ones to have their own space.

Armed with the often cited mantra that 'every child can learn - and every child must learn', 17-year-old Jelani Williams launched his bra

Two months after the birth of her son, in 2008, Kimberley Anderson was jolted by an acute, crippling pain in the back of her neck.