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 ...

As Michigan approaches the coldest day of the year, some of its community's most vulnerable residents face a difficult reality: staying safe and warm while dealing with homelessness.

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 ...

Nearly 160,000 people in Detroit are under the age of 18. More than 51% of Detroit’s young people are living in poverty.

To help the thousands of homeless people and others in Detroit without heat get out of the cold and perhaps even get a meal and shower, the city of Detroit offered a list Wednesday of places they ...

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 ...

DETROIT (AP) — Updated estimates show fewer people living in poverty in Detroit although it still has the highest rate among the nation's 20 largest cities. Statistics released Thursday by the U.S.

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 (AP) -- The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is awarding more than a half-million dollars to a Detroit charity to take national a program that aims to move people out of poverty. Matrix Human Services ...

The 2026 governor’s race is critical for the future stability of Detroit. No state can effectively function without its most ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Orchards at Northwest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of nearly a dozen locations of The Orchards in Michigan. But the Northwest ...