The link between poverty and (mis)education

When it comes to economic inequality, and the cycle of poverty, I have been researching at my internship (New Haven Reads) how the lack of proper education contributes to the cycle of poverty. Specifically, the lack of suitable education, or education at all, provided for women creates a cycle of illiteracy, which results in the …

Guest blog post by Lois Kulas: Where the hell is Matt?

Why did we drive over an hour, across state lines, to dance badly with a guy named Matt and a bunch of people we didn’t know? Let me try to explain. Five years ago, I sat in a restaurant overlooking Times Square when on one of the big outdoor screens I noticed a video of …