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Fifty-four years ago, kids were bused from my suburban Detroit high school to Ann Arbor for a special event. The president was coming to the University of…
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There are a lot of facts and figures to consider when it comes to poverty and well-being in Michigan. A new map makes that data much easier to track…
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The city of Detroit is offering $1 million in grants to help lift residents out of poverty and into jobs. The initiative is a partnership between the city…
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The Next IdeaBuilding community to end poverty.That's the mission of Circles USA. It's a long-term effort that's all about empowering people of low-income…
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A civil rights group says it's unconstitutional for the Michigan Secretary of State to suspend the drivers licenses of people who are too poor to pay…
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Kalamazoo will present design concepts and a strategy for the future of its downtown at a community open house tonight. The city is setting aside $10…
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Except for a few brief years in the 1960’s, it has never been fashionable to care about the desperately poor in this country. John F. Kennedy did…
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Marc Lamont Hill says we're in the midst of a war in America -- a war being waged on the vulnerable, the destitute, the struggling. Hill is a journalist…
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Politicians and media reports indicate Detroit is in the middle of an economic resurgence. That’s true for the central business districts. That’s not the…
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7,100 bodies are buried at the former Eloise mental hospital in Westland, near Detroit. But you'd never guess that from walking around the property.That’s…