Southfield (CW50) - There are many approaches that can be taken in order to lower Detroit's poverty rates. These include increasing employment and job training, public transportation, affordable ...

New numbers reveal that more than half of all children living in the city of Detroit have fallen below the poverty line. According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September, 51% of ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan tonight will lay out plans on ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan rightfully took a victory lap this week for the reduction in violent crime in the city, as would be expected of any leader. During a high-profile press conference on Monday, ...

The largest annual salary Donald Smith ever collected while working for the city of Detroit was $28,000. But the lure of a pension and a lack of skills to pursue higher-paying jobs kept him at the ...

Disgraced ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who lived the good life on the outside, is getting a federally court-appointed attorney after pleading poverty Tuesday during his arraignment on federal ...

The names of Darnell and Amillah Currie should trouble the sleep of everyone in our community who lies down at night in a warm, comfortable bed. Darnell, 9, and Amillah, 2, died earlier this week ...

According to the Census Bureau, Detroit is the most impoverished major city in the nation. And conditions are getting worse. Quinn Klinefelter of Detroit Public Radio reports. It's been six weeks ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Since 1906, Matrix Human Services has helped Detroit ...

DETROIT – A coalition in Detroit aims to reduce child poverty in the city by connecting families with expanded tax credits. Advocates are calling it the kind of help that only comes once in a ...

Millions of dollars are expected to be spread across Detroit as early as July 1, Mayor Mike Duggan said at a Tuesday community meeting addressing where $413 million in COVID-19 pandemic-related funds ...

An expansion of the Child Tax Credit could take nearly 20,000 children in Detroit out of poverty if all eligible families apply, according to data from the University of Michigan. The City of Detroit ...