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Having lots of money does not make somebody a better parent, but a child with wealthy parents is more likely to go to college, and more likely to have…

Racial inequality shows up in just about every possible measure of opportunity you can think of - in schools, neighborhoods, employment numbers,…

Students from dozens of Michigan districts headed back to school today.As students break out their No. 2 pencils and notebooks, parents might be…

Charles Murray may not be a household name. But the libertarian author and commentator has had a major effect on our nation's approach to poverty. His…

I have to confess, I'm a little obsessed with measures of economic mobility. These measures address the basic elements of the American Dream. We get…

Health insurance is such a political issue, talked about all the time and so dispassionately, that it can be easy to forget just how important it is to…

Ever wondered what the poor and the rich spend their money on? Well, thanks to Lam Vo at NPR we now have a picture, literally.Vo’s pictogram, which breaks…

Monica was 13 years old, and living in Georgia, when she found out she was pregnant.As she got closer to being a mom, her relationship with her own mom…

Can digital games help lift children out of poverty? That’s what Wendy Lazarus, Founder and Co-President of The Children’s Partnership thinks.This week…

No one wants to lose their child at a young age. But in Michigan, it’s a reality too many parents face. Michigan's infant mortality rate has persistently…