Shaefer will be in charge of the Detroit health department, the office of immigrant affairs and economic inclusion and a new department of human, homeless and family services, directed by Miller.

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.

Democrats in recent years have used concerns about “inequality” to attack free-market capitalism, a system that has created the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But as more ...

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

Poverty is an economic state where people are experiencing scarcity or the lack of certain commodities that are required for the lives of human beings like money and material things. Therefore, ...

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 ...

Tennessee's new "State of the Child" report showed some progress in 2025 but highlighted barriers faced by children in the state. The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth's report examined ...

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