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WalletHub has listed neediest cities in the country, based on child poverty, food insecurity and uninsured rates. One ...

Housing is the single biggest challenge in most cities. Rents have risen far faster than wages at the bottom of the labor ...

Detroit City Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero and Council member-elect Denzel McCampbell both identify as democratic socialists.

Detroit and its residents have been ranked as the neediest in the U.S., according to a new WalletHub report. The level of ...

Michigan's rate of babies born preterm has steadily increased over the past decade, and Detroit has the highest rate of any ...

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 ...

DETROIT - Mary Sheffield made history in Michigan on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, becoming the first woman ever elected mayor in Detroit and concluding a campaign cycle she led from start to finish. The ...

Mary Sheffield will take over a city that Mayor Mike Duggan steered out of bankruptcy. She will be the first woman to lead Detroit. By Mitch Smith Mary Sheffield, the Detroit City Council president, ...

In a one-on-one interview, Mary Sheffield addresses key issues facing the city of Detroit, including gun violence involving children, poverty reduction, education challenges, public transportation ...

Detroit has come back, says City Council President Mary Sheffield, but too much of the city has not shared in its revitalization. (David Kidd for Governing) Detroit City Council President Mary ...

On a temperate April night, Detroit was buzzing. The historic Detroit Athletic Club—long a favorite for family celebrations—was fully booked. At the Detroit Opera House, director Yuval Sharon’s ...