cycle of poverty

More than 45 million Americans – nearly 16 million of them children – live below the poverty line.And poverty isn't just a U.S. issue. It's a global…

Traffic tickets are an inconvenient expense. And if they aren't paid within a certain amount of time, you incur costly fees that only make the ticket…

If you don’t have a network, it can be very difficult to advance socially or in your career. One non-profit leader I spoke to called it a “crisis of…

Pay now or pay later? I feel like that could be the unofficial tag line for our State of Opportunity project. The "pay now or pay later" question comes up…

Let's face it, a lot of people take graduation for granted. It's just one of the many steps on the path to a career. But for some, it’s not that easy.…

At 3:30 p.m on a recent week day, I showed up to the College and Career Access Center in Jackson Crossing. It’s a strip mall, where right next to an army…

The blogosphere has been abuzz the last week or so about What Poor People Do (Or Don't Do). The topic of savings often comes up in discussions about the…

What if we told you there was a man in Harlem who thinks he's figured out how to break the cycle of poverty?You'd probably want to meet him, right? We…

What would it take so that all kids in Michigan have the chance to reach their full potential?To help us find some answers, we're doing things a little…