Mayor Mary Sheffield is reshuffling city departments and has created new positions to tackle poverty and homelessness in the city.

One analysis suggests that modern budgets push the effective poverty line far above official levels, revealing why many six-figure earners still feel financially strained.

One in two children in Detroit lives in poverty, and roughly one-third of adults across the city live below the poverty line.

Looking forward to 2026, Tavarez said Catholic Charities hopes the government will restore full funding to the Temporary ...

Yonas Paulos’s advocacy for homeless veterans is driven by his own struggles. Paulos, 56, is an immigrant from Ethiopia. He ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...

As part of an effort to address quality of life issues for Detroit residents, Mayor Mary Sheffield has tapped a University of ...

In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since ...

At the dawn of the new millennium, the United Nations set a goal of eradicating poverty by 2030. With 14 years left to go, we’ve already reduced the proportion of destitute people in world by 50 ...

How entrenched political families in Congress continue to block reforms, leaving millions in poverty Section 26, Article II ...