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Tomorrow, State of Opportunity's Jennifer Guerra will report on Michigan's infant mortality rate. The one-hour documentary will air Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 3…

Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan will die…

Behind the statistics: A personal tragedyWe talked previously about Chantania Smith and her struggle with losing a child. Six months into her pregnancy,…

In part two of our State of Opportunity documentary on infant mortality and disparities, we ask the question: Why are black babies two and a half times…

Here is a question that is at the core of our work at State of Opportunity: How much of your economic destiny is tied to your parents, and how much do you…

Educational activists have been saying for years that the s0-called school-to-prison pipeline has gotten out of control.These folks criticize schools for…

Tuesday night's election results not only offered President Barack Obama a second chance to get the economy moving, it also allowed his signature policy…

There has been an explosion of research over the past decade that shows how important the first few years of a child’s life are in terms of brain…

Tomorrow I'm scheduled to sit down with economist James Heckman of the University of Chicago. Heckman won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2000 for a…

For the many parents socking money away for college this might be some bad news: sending your newborn child to daycare will cost roughly the same as…