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This morning there's a press event at Burton International School in Detroit that's worth a mention.Wayne State University is planning on investing in the…

Earlier this month, we came across this article in the Washingtonian entitled "Children Are Dying." It blew our minds. Could babies really be dying in…

In the slew of recent Supreme Court decisions there are people feeling like winners (LGBT married couples perhaps) and losers (voting rights and workplace…

State of Opportunity's story booth has been busy the last few weeks. It has traveled to Lansing, Big Rapids, Grand Rapids, and around the corner in Ann…

More than 400,000 children are currently in foster care in the U.S. Once a child has entered the system, they remain there on average for nearly two…

The roughly 14,000 young people in Michigan’s foster care system are expected to live on their own once they turn 18, if they're still in the system at…

Women fill almost half of all jobs in the United States, but they fill less than 25% of jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)…

Chapter 1 "That’s when you need somebody."Fourteen-year-old Mario lives … somewhere in Grand Rapids. He doesn’t want to be identified on the air.He sits,…

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on FacebookTalk of raising the minimum wage…

Last week, we ran a series of stories about a gun battle in Muskegon, and how some rising crime trends are affecting neighborhoods in the city.And there’s…