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Oakland County’s future isn’t just black and white
Recently, the Detroit News reported that people were pouring out of Wayne County faster than our of any other county in the United States. Since 2000, the county has lost 135,513 people—a bit more than 23,000 of them left last year alone. The same article reported...
Men’s memories? Forget about it…
Now that I'm at midlife, sometimes my wife thinks I'm losing my mind. New research from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies suggests that she might be right--at age 50, a woman’s memory is better than a man’s. A survey of more than 9,600 middle-aged British men and...
A Poll With Promise: What one study says about our hope for the future
Detroit has become the poster-child for a 21st Century, post-industrial region searching for a future. We are under the microscopes of the media, the federal government, the academic and research communities, national and local foundations, and ordinary residents. ...
RIGHT START: MATERNAL AND INFANT WELL-BEING IN DETROIT
When it comes to a healthy start for all children in Detroit, I don't want to talk about teens or unwed mothers. I want to talk about babies starting out life with a real disadvantage--and what we're going to do about it. This month, Data Driven Detroit released a...
Fat Chance: The numbers bear out the First Lady’s call for fitness
First Lady Michelle Obama targets childhood obesity I’m a data guru, not a diet expert. But since First Lady Michelle Obama launched her “Let’s Move” initiative to address childhood obesity, I decided to see what the numbers have to say about America’s fitness. I...
How do We Develop Neighborhoods of Opportunity?
A significant impediment to this re-invigoration is the widespread and systemic inequity plaguing marginalized populations and communities. Communities of color, particularly African-American communities, are more and more isolated from the essential opportunity...
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