poverty

The city of Kalamazoo has made headlines with its unique Kalamazoo Promise: anonymous donors pledging to pay up to 100 percent of college tuition for the…

The University of Michigan is teaming up with the city of Detroit to fight poverty and promote economic mobility.The university’s Poverty Solutions…

Fifty-four years ago, kids were bused from my suburban Detroit high school to Ann Arbor for a special event. The president was coming to the University of…

There are a lot of facts and figures to consider when it comes to poverty and well-being in Michigan. A new map makes that data much easier to track…

The city of Detroit is offering $1 million in grants to help lift residents out of poverty and into jobs. The initiative is a partnership between the city…

The Next IdeaBuilding community to end poverty.That's the mission of Circles USA. It's a long-term effort that's all about empowering people of low-income…

A civil rights group says it's unconstitutional for the Michigan Secretary of State to suspend the drivers licenses of people who are too poor to pay…

Kalamazoo will present design concepts and a strategy for the future of its downtown at a community open house tonight. The city is setting aside $10…

Except for a few brief years in the 1960’s, it has never been fashionable to care about the desperately poor in this country. John F. Kennedy did…

Marc Lamont Hill says we're in the midst of a war in America -- a war being waged on the vulnerable, the destitute, the struggling. Hill is a journalist…