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In the run-up to our call-in show for next week, we're looking for alternatives to schools as the solution for breaking the cycle of poverty for…

I’ll never forget what I saw after a long night of travel. I was six. I woke up in a posh high-rise apartment, opened the curtains, and saw the hillside…

It's 16 seconds of condensed, unadulterated joy. The boy stands on a bench, as hockey player Jordin Tootoo approaches, headed for the locker room.…

I remember the first time I saw a homeless person. I was seven years old and on vacation in New York City with my family. This was New York back in the…

In Michigan, thousands of kids suffer with diseases that are worsened by poverty and pollution. It's a combination that's costing society far more than…

Teacher Josh Nichols is corralling a group of fifth-grade students into a classroom where there are PVC pipe, five-gallon buckets and ropes piled on…

Infowire fills the information gap and meets the news needs of families struggling to make ends meet. Get all Infowire alerts by texting INFOWIRE to…

There’s a war raging in Lansing over the future of academic testing in Michigan.Last fall, Michigan school kids took what was supposed to be their last…

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled a practice by the state's child welfare system is unconstitutional. Yesterday the State Supreme Court struck down a…

When I was applying to college, many, many moons ago, I remembered it being scary, but exciting. All the classes I could take. All the places I could go.…