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Drug Addicts: A Childhood Life with a Mother on Drugs Part Two

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Editor’s Note: The following article was written by a youth reporter who is a graduate of the Urban Youth International Journalism Program.

Sometimes it’s like you take one step up and fall three steps back. Three years after Part One of this story, I am going to tell you the rest.

In 2005, my mother moved back in with me and my son, sisters, brothers, aunt and grandmother. Things were good, but different. She was kind of living up to the mother she used to be. But then my grandmother got sick and had to go to a residential care home.
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Shop Talk

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Editor’s Note: The following article was written by a youth reporter who is a graduate of the Urban Youth International Journalism Program.

Many have seen the movie “Barbershop,” but is that really what goes on inside barber shops? I decided to engage in some shop talk with barbers and beauticians. More and more people are spending cash dollars on hair and nails. Why is this a priority for many people? I interviewed Rick Davis, owner of R&B Platinum barber shop on Chicago Avenue and Lockwood.

I wanted to know if being a barber was a lways his career goal. “Yes, because I love being around people and helping people,” Davis said. He has been a barber for 21 years. I asked if he believes the shop is a place to “kick it.” “No, not really, it’s a place where people unite and get caught up on the latest news,” he said. “Plus they walk out with a new look.”
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