HIV/AIDS: One Story of A Positive Status
The first HIV/AIDS patients observed in the U.S. in the early 1980s were treated as societal pariahs in many ways. The disease was misunderstood and seen as a time stamp on one’s life. Even today, as...
View ArticleCongrats to Our New Editor!
I am excited to announce the promotion of Megan Ogar! Megan has been our Your Truth columnist since August 2014 and has brought everyday stories that highlight the millennial human experience to the...
View ArticleA Farmer’s Story
A few flowers on the windowsill planter changed Alex Browning’s life. What began as a few plants outside her apartment window in El Paso grew into leaving her life behind for the unknown. Like so many,...
View ArticleMy Truth with Depression
**Editor’s Note** For months, Samantha Green has been passionately raising money for her participation in The Overnight, an 18-mile walk where participants walk through the night in an effort to raise...
View ArticleLeSteph: The New Age Basketball Game
**Editor’s Note: This article was written on Sunday 6/6 after Game 2. Since then, the Warrirors and Cavaliers have played 3 games, with 2-1 (Cavaliers) I am not a basketball fan. There is no...
View ArticleYour Truth: An Alzheimer’s Story
** Editor’s Note: Allison’s grandmother, Xanthula Tripolitis, passed away after her long battle with Alzheimer’s before this story was able to be published. Allison shares her story of the final days...
View ArticleThe Job Search – 1 Year Update
About a year ago, I wrote my first article for The Grown Up Truth about the realities of job searching. (Quick synopsis in case you missed it: it sucks.) I come to you now, almost a year of full-time...
View ArticleYour Truth: Broke The Mold
Twenty five years ago, shortly after I took my first breath, society along with the help of some doctors slapped a label onto me to be forever attached: I was going to live the rest of my life with...
View ArticleYour Truth: Conquering the world on wheels
Chelsie Hill is living a life much different than the one she had envisioned for herself as a teenager. As a high schooler, she didn’t imagine she would have written a book, started a nonprofit,...
View ArticleYour Truth: Embracing Career Changes
Do you remember how it felt when you figured out what you wanted to do with your life? Chances are it was in high school, when you gave in to your mother’s harping and finally picked a major. Maybe you...
View ArticleSipping Tea & Yonce’s Lemonade
Since Saturday’s Lemonade premiere, the internet waves have been buzzing about the rumored affairs of HOV, the #BlackGirlMagic that is the visual album, and Beyoncé’s supposedly new found...
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