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Pay now or pay later? I feel like that could be the unofficial tag line for our State of Opportunity project. The "pay now or pay later" question comes up…
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The release of new economic data is about as exciting as spam email.The New York Times Upshot blog makes the case that the newest set of data is something…
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We don't do a lot of movie reviews at State of Opportunity. In fact, we've only ever done one.What makes the documentary Rich Hill worth watching is also…
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation looks at statistics that should tell us something about how kids are faring across the country and in Michigan. The…
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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…
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This week, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released a national report that caught our eye. The report is part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count…
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State of Opportunity is closing in on its second anniversary. The project officially began in April 2011, with the first stories hitting the air in July…
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We all know words have meaning. But where I think we can agree we might have to disagree is on the "right" meaning of certain words. We've noticed the…
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We all know the sequence of life stages: Infant. Toddler. Child. Adolescent. Young Adult. Adult… But historically we haven’t always marched through these…
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its 2013 Kids Count Data book, and the results for Michigan seem to be improving. The Data Book provides an…