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I came across a paradox today. It came in the form of poll results, conducted by Gallup. Specifically, it came from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being…

Students across Michigan are in their senior year of high school, gearing up for graduation and trying to make plans for what to do next. The popular…

In some circles, "network" is a dirty word, something we don't like to talk about lest we admit out loud that maybe, just maybe, we didn't get where we…

In Part One of our Connections documentary, we heard from a young mother in poverty who’s struggling to build a network out of nothing. So I thought I’d…

Having a parent incarcerated is a stressful, traumatic experience of the same magnitude as abuse, domestic violence and divorce, according to a report…

JulisaAbad was was never kicked out of her home. She was never in the child welfare system. But her dad stopped talking to her years ago. We spoke to her…

Sure, there are lots of good reasons to go to college. People can emerge on the other side of these four (ish) years more independent, more enlightened,…

The Michigan Senate will vote on Senate Bill 319 any day now.Under the bill, which is expected to pass, about 350 juveniles sentenced to mandatory life…

Gov. Rick Snyder hopes a new focus on promoting apprenticeships for young people will solve two of the state's problems. The first is a lack of…

Michigan’s foster care system is the sixth-biggest in the country, with more than 13,000 kids around the state. The system has been plagued by problems…