poverty

We've been talking a lot about class, what it means, and how we define it.We took a trip to St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. They’re called the Twin Cities,…

Hundreds of volunteers in neon yellow t-shirts handed out winter coats and hats, helped answer specific questions and enroll people in dozens of…

Stereotypes of people living in poverty are persistent.But Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution says these stereotypes are becoming less accurate.A…

Michigan’s rising poverty rate took on a human face in Lansing today as a few hundred people waited outside in the morning cold for a special event to…

A lot of people are worried about what’s been going on in the stock market. I guess I should be, too. To the extent I have any retirement savings, they…

New census data show more Michigan residents are living in poverty.The 2010 numbers from the American Community Survey released Thursday show the poverty…

Michigan’s homeless shelters may be the next step for people losing their state welfare benefits next month. And that worries an advocate for Michigan’s…

The U.S. Census Bureau released more data today cataloging the nation's median household income, poverty rate, and the percentage of people without health…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-982242.mp3Yesterday, we learned that Michigan has more than half a million…

1.4 million people live in poverty in Michigan, according to the federal government. But not many people realize what that number actually means. A group…