Series & Documentaries

College is expensive. For some families, it’s prohibitively expensive. Several school districts are trying to follow the Kalamazoo Promise model by…

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,…

More than 90% of school children in Lake County qualify for free or reduced price lunch. To make sure they continue to eat healthy meals once school is…

Lake County in central northern Michigan is the poorest part of the state, with nearly half of all its children living in poverty. That’s according to the…

I'm in Lake County this week and next working on a series of stories about rural poverty in Michigan. When it comes to child well-being, this part of the…

When I think of kids in poverty, my mind more often than not conjures up an image of a child in some kind of urban setting. And our stories at State of…

TranscriptSTATE OF OPPORTUNITY: RACE documentaryJENNIFER GUERRA: It’s time to have the talk. I know, it’s not gonna be easy. Might get a little…

It’s time to have The Talk.I know, it’s not going to be easy. Might get a little uncomfortable, maybe make you squirm a little.But it’s time; it's time to…

When I told people I was working on this special, one hour show about race, a lot of the reactions were along the lines of “race…hmm….interesting.” Like,…

Michigan has a lot to be proud of - top universities, the Great Lakes, a (now) thriving car industry. Having some of the most racially segregated schools…