poverty

A new report shows it’s getting harder for people in Michigan at the lower end of the pay scale.Yannet Lathrop is a policy analyst for the Michigan League…

When we think about poverty, we tend to picture cities.But a recent series in Bridge Magazine brought attention to poverty in rural communities in…

At the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, 11-year-old Brianna Allgood is being tested by a machine called a spirometer. It measures her breathing.Brianna has…

Children growing up in poverty face huge challenges. One challenge that might not come to the top of the mind, though, is pollution.As part of Michigan…

In one month, more than 300,000 people are expected to begin signing up for expanded Medicaid coverage in Michigan. The Medicaid expansion is part of the…

What discussions and conversations should we be having around Michigan that we are veering away from?What's the price we're paying for not opening up and…

Using the power of social media to do good – in this case, ordering a dessert or an appetizer and, in doing so, helping to feed a hungry child.Our next…

It has now been 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty.There is a popular perception that President Johnson's War on Poverty…

Gov. Rick Snyder put services for immigrants and seniors at the top of his to-do list for 2014 in his State of the State speech yesterday.The governor…

If you pick up either Detroit newspaper, you will find story after story about the fact that the city’s mediocre football team lost to another mediocre…