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OPINION: Here’s a solution to urban poverty — pay former gang members to go to college

Convicted felons, former gang members and school dropouts don’t typically get scholarships to go to college. In fact, they aren’t expected to go to college at all: Fewer than one percent go to college. Students who have taken years to earn their high school equivalency, some while serving time in prison, don’t have access to […]