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By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Media Services

 

There’s no denying it: Most of us are going to need some form of long-term health care during our golden years. And costs of such care are rising.

By Robert Pagliarini, 

Tribune Media Services

 

“No” has become a knee-jerk reaction to every request and opportunity. “No, sorry. My schedule is full. Maybe later. That just doesn’t work for me. No, thank you.”

By Rick Garcia

 

The research is in.  Educators have long known that attending preschool makes a difference throughout the balance of a child’s life. That makes the recent research from the Annie E. Casey Foundation “Kids Count 2013 Report” critical to the Michigan Alliance of Latinos Moving toward Advancement (MI-ALMA) Michigan’s Statewide Hispanic Advocacy and Research group.  The Kids Count report points out that Latino children have the lowest rate of preschool attendance of any race or ethnic group in the United States. 

 

By Ruth Johnson

 

Like so many working parents, I know it takes a lot to balance work with the demands of family life, whether it’s paying bills, school conferences, soccer games, doctor appointments or the challenges of helping out with our own parents.

LANSING, MI —  When Cynthia Harrington was a student at  McKenzie High School in Detroit  she overheard her teacher, who had just graduated from college speaking about her “sisterhood” with a woman who was visiting her at the school.