This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 14% of the U.S. population lives in poverty, defined as making an annual income of less than $24,600 for a family of four. The effects are long-lasting: individuals living…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every summer weekday morning, workers at the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) cook, pack, and deliver hundreds of nutritionally balanced, hot meals to kids across Flint who otherwise…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In November, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, clad in all black, wearing a bulletproof vest, and carrying an assault rifle, opened fire inside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Millions of American students suffer from mental health problems, and only a fraction are receiving necessary treatment, warns a brief from the American Institutes for Research. And the prevalence of mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jonathan’s father always told him he would never amount to anything other than a drug dealer. He entered the foster care system when he was 12. At 18, he was…
The first of a 3-part series surveying the achievements of New Orleans’ education system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Read the full article on New Orleans schools after Katrina…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dynamic is a force that stimulates change or progress within a system. This word best describes the Flint Area Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, an international organization of professional women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In terms of housing affordability, local zoning and land-use regulations have increased substantially over the decades. These constraints on land development within cities and suburbs aim to achieve various safety,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The World Food Programme, one of the first humanitarian organizations to explore the use of unmanned aerial vehicles back in 2007, hasn’t officially deployed any UAVs in responses this year.…
The report features updated data for the Race for Results Index, which measures how children are progressing on key milestones by race and ethnicity at the national and state levels.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A full two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit, I was finally able to get in touch with some members of my family living in Puerto Rico. Communications by phone were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Critics of the social safety net in the U.S. often assert that public assistance like food stamps and subsidized housing decreases a recipient’s incentive to work. There’s now, even more,…