Baltimore's vulnerable children have a tough shot at improving their lives, data shows

After chaos ripped through Baltimore on April 27, manifesting in looted stores and burned-out buildings, everyone was talking about the city's kids

The kids had started the looting, they said. No, they didn't condone it, but they understood the kids' tightly-wound frustration. Many low-income kids in Baltimore have nothing to do, nowhere to go. They have few opportunities, little to look forward to

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Now, a study on rising above poverty conducted by The Equality of Opportunity Project is bolstering those anecdotes

People gather during a party at a housing complex where Freddie Gray was arrested as a six-day curfew was lifted on May 3, in Baltimore

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