Author: Nancy LeTourneau

By the time Shonda* was 10 her life was already a mess. She was failing in school, constantly in fights, and had run into trouble with the police a couple of times. Being an African American girl in an urban area, it wasn’t difficult to guess where she was heading. Her home life was one trauma after another. Dad regularly beat up Mom and more than once it had been serious enough to send her to the hospital. Shonda was angry, scared and out of control.

Today on the way home from work, I passed by the College of St. Catherine, which is a couple of blocks from my house. There is a beautiful rolling lawn in front of the school and I noticed lots of activity there. Turns out its...

I have a rant to get off my chest. Hope some of you will indulge me for a while. First, a little background. I am the director of a small non-profit organization here in St. Paul where our mission is to work with kids who are...

Don’t know if many saw this letter from Elizabeth Edwards. Regardless of what you think of her husband, this woman GETS IT. Another mother speaks her mind! Dear Friend, Casey Sheehan was born May 29, 1979, the first born...

Last night on c-span I watched some of a presentation by Jeff Golden about his book “As If We Were Grownups: A Collection of Suicidal Political Speeches That Aren’t.” Has anyone read that book? I don’t...