poverty

Join us this afternoon at 2 p.m. for a special call-in show. We'll examine the disparities that exist in our society, and how they make it more difficult…

Libertarian author and commentator Charles Murray sat down with State of Opportunity's Dustin Dwyer yesterday to discuss his new book, Coming Apart, which…

Today, the State of Opportunity team turned their microphone over to 9-year-old Leah Rice.She reflects on her family, highlights of her summer and her…

Nearly a quarter of all kids in Michigan live in poverty. We want to believe these kids have an equal shot at success in life, but there’s a pile of…

Despite a tough state economy, people in Michigan are better able to move up the economic ladder than people in almost every other state. That's according…

Two weekends ago, I went to something called the Bow-Wow brunch, at an upscale hotel in suburban Detroit. The purpose was to raise money to support the…

Three hundred and forty-one thousand. That’s the number of children in our state living in what is officially known these days as “areas of concentrated…

I started listening to the state of the union address last night, which I thought was one of President Obama’s better speeches.But I lost my concentration…

About one-fourth of kids in Michigan live in poverty. That’s according to the Kids Count report from the Michigan League for Human Services. The report…

Nearly 500 volunteers served a hot meal to more than 1,300 people in need Wednesday night. That’s a record for the Holland Rescue Mission which has held…