The U.S. is no longer considered a nation defined by social mobility. My organization, the Family Independence Initiative (FII), recently released an independent study conducted in Boston that shows the impressive impact our family-led approach has on economic and social mobility.

Monday marked the beginning of arguably the biggest trial of this century, as the U.S. Department of Justice went to court with global oil giant, BP. With money most likely on the way to states, and needs still so acute, the question is, how to invest it most effectively.

Social networks play a critical, though often unappreciated, role in people's efforts to improve their lives. In my work at the Family Independence In...

After the election dust settles, one thing we need -- regardless of who is in the White House -- is a new approach to reignite this country's economic mobility.

Our nation has renewed opportunity throughout our history. We can do it again. And we have to begin by asking the right questions.

The Opportunity Nation Summit highlighted ways that thought-leaders are breaking the mold when it comes to advancing economic mobility. At its seco...

I remember graduating from high school in 1981. There was this sense of possibility, of beginning, of hope, a belief that my future was bright and limitless. Recent high school graduates in the U.S. face a far bleaker landscape.

If our sector would pause to learn from the families that are overcoming the odds, we would find impressive and powerful solutions involving relationships between friends and neighbors--not expensive professional interventions -- that are already having an impact.

Stories like mine are becoming more and more unusual in America in 2012. Sixty five percent of Americans who are born into the lowest income quintile (like I was) spend their entire lives in one of the two lowest income quintiles.