When half of Detroit’s children live in poverty, we can't shut down. Discover how COTS and the community come together to create opportunities to succeed.

Sheffield should consider appointing a poverty czar to affirm lowering those abysmal poverty numbers are her chief mission.

As temperatures drop and winter sets in, thousands of Detroit families face the challenge of keeping their children warm. To ...

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 ...

On Nov. 4, Detroiters will choose the city's next mayor: Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield, or Rev. Solomon ...

Detroit's poverty rate recently hit its highest point in seven years, per new census data, even as incomes are rising for local residents. Why it matters: Poverty is the issue most critical to the ...

Could a few thousand dollars in the right hands change the future of a city’s children? Detroit’s incoming mayor, Mary Sheffield, is betting on it. Coming off her historic win as the city’s first ...

The Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. is running for Detroit mayor, using his experience as a church leader and drive as a child who ...

Mary Sheffield and Solomon Kinloch say they want to partner with local schools to improve student outcomes. Voters decide Tuesday.

Ahead of Tuesday's Detroit Mayoral race, one of the candidates is out in the community trying to secure votes.

Wayne County Commissioners approved $7.5 million to help launch a Michigan cash aid initiative for moms and babies.

Eleanor M. Josaitis, who moved to Detroit after the city’s devastating 1967 riots and established a nationally lauded organization fighting poverty, hunger, and racism, died Tuesday at age 79, says ...