Removing Barriers to Recovery: Community Partnering for Innovative Solutions to the Opioid Crisis
February 18, 2019
Legal News
Expert: Meghan M. O'Neil
Immigration, legislation, investigation and child poverty: 4 scholars respond to Trump’s State of the Union
February 6, 2019
The Conversation
Expert: Patricia Smith
Immigration, legislation, investigation and child poverty: 4 scholars respond to Trump’s State of the Union
February 5, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle
Expert: Patricia Smith
What Is the Blood of a Poor Person Worth?
February 1, 2019
The New York Times
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
College students shouldn’t have to choose between tuition and food
January 18, 2019
Bridge Magazine
Expert: Natalie Sampson
Michigan should make these changes to help people keep their homes
January 17, 2019
Detroit Free Press
Expert: Roshanak Mehdipanah and Alexa Eisenberg
Domestic Poverty: Can stricter work mandates reduce the poverty rate?
January 11, 2019
CQ Researcher
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Families are choosing between their health and staying together
January 10, 2019
The Conversation
Expert: Paul Fleming and William Lopez
Poverty map shows which Michigan communities struggle
January 10, 2019
Cadillac News
Poverty map shows which Michigan communities struggle
January 10, 2019
Cadillac News
Pregnant in rural Michigan? Fill up your gas tank for delivery day.
January 10, 2019
Bridge Magazine
Expert: Marianne Udow-Phillips
Study: Head Start improves kids’ lives. But we’re still finding out just how.
January 8, 2019
Vox
Expert: Martha Bailey
Baby, it’s cold outside, and new rules make it harder to get help in Michigan
December 13, 2018
Bridge Magazine
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
A College Experiment That Really Worked
December 11, 2018
The New York Times
Expert: Susan Dynarski
Detroit officials brace for affordable housing losses
December 10, 2018
The Detroit News
Expert: Margaret Dewar
New U-M Professorship to Support Social Justice Research, Action
December 9, 2018
The Jewish News
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer and Michael Barr
Trump rule change for immigrants forces an impossible choice
December 8, 2018
The Detroit Free Press
Expert: Paul Fleming
Detroit poverty tax exemption change hits snag over notaries
November 20, 2018
The Detroit Free Press
Expert: Alexa Eisenberg
The complexities of child poverty and health care in the USA
November 3, 2018
The Lancet
Energy access is not created equal. This Ann Arbor organization is trying to change that.
October 31, 2018
Concentrate Media
Expert: Tony Reames
1 in 6 older black people have been homeless at some point in their life, study finds
October 9, 2018
The Washington Post
Expert: Helen Levy
Research expert at U-M Law School says $2.7 million grant to help state develop a proper penal fee program
September 26, 2018
Detroit Legal News
Expert: Meghan O'Neil
The Applied Wisdom of the Heartland
September 18, 2018
Harvard Magazine
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Flint again most impoverished city in the nation, new census data shows
September 17, 2018
MLive
Expert: Joshua Rivera
Middle-class income hit an all-time high of $61,372 last year, U.S. Census Bureau says
September 12, 2018
The Washington Post
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
The Recovery Threw the Middle-Class Dream Under a Benz
September 12, 2018
The New York Times
Expert: Fabian Pfeffer
U.S. household income increases for third straight year to $61,372, census data show
September 12, 2018
NBC News
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
UM, Harvard to partner on Detroit poverty study, opioid crisis
September 12, 2018
Crain's Detroit
Trump Launches Aggressive Poverty Disinformation Campaign
September 10, 2018
The American Prospect
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer and Joshua Rivera
Why it’s hard for blacks to pull themselves up by bootstraps when it comes to health
September 4, 2018
The Conversation
Expert: Shervin Assari
How Early is Too Early? The Advantages of Child Savings Accounts
August 23, 2018
Consumers Advocate
Expert: William Elliott III
Poor people at risk of eviction as tax credits expire and Detroit revives
August 21, 2018
Bridge
Expert: Margaret Dewar
Detroit real estate game creates chaos in neighborhoods
August 17, 2018
Detroit Free Press
Expert: Joshua Akers
Michigan is reinstating work requirements for people on food assistance
August 17, 2018
Michigan Radio
Expert: Lesli Hoey
New research shows water bills are unaffordable across metro Detroit
August 13, 2018
Michigan Radio
Expert: Dahlia Rockowitz
Opinion | Michigan is in the midst of a literacy crisis
July 31, 2018
Bridge
Expert: Nell Duke
The welfare state needs updating
July 12, 2018
The Economist
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Fresh Proof That Strong Unions Help Reduce Income Inequality
July 6, 2018
The New York Times
Expert: Susan Dynarski
Why Detroit is the most expensive city in America to buy car insurance
July 5, 2018
The Economist
Expert: Joshua Rivera
America Is Guilty of Neglecting Kids: Our Own
June 28, 2018
The New York Times
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
The U.N. says 18.5 million Americans are in ‘extreme poverty.’ Trump’s team says just 250,000 are.
June 25, 2018
Washington Post
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
The ’emancipation’ of Ethan Ancick
June 12, 2018
Yahoo Sports
Expert: Jennifer Erb-Downward
An explosive U.N. report shows America’s safety net was failing before Trump’s election
June 7, 2018
The Washington Post
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Gov. Rick Snyder makes appointment, reappointments to the Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity
June 7, 2018
State of Michigan
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Kalamazoo schools create “shelter in a storm” for students experiencing homelessness
May 30, 2018
Michigan Radio
Expert: Jennifer Erb-Downward
Why do people in poverty have satellite dishes?
May 25, 2018
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
The U.S. spends less on children than almost any other developed nation
May 16, 2018
The Washington Post
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Going green is harder for Detroit’s low-income communities
May 9, 2018
Grist
Expert: Tony Reames
Growing Up Homeless: A Student’s Battle
May 9, 2018
Michigan 9 and 10 News
Expert: Jennifer Erb-Downward
United Way brings leaders together at WCCCD to solve social concerns
May 9, 2018
Michigan Chronicle
Medicaid work bill could hurt, not help, people who want to work
April 30, 2018
The Detroit Free Press
Expert: Luke Shaefer, Marianne Udow-Phillips, Megan Foster-Friedman
Opinion | Beware of unintended consequences of Michigan Medicaid work demand
April 20, 2018
Bridge
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer, Marianne Udow-Phillips, Renuka Tipirneni
UM study: Detroit youth jobs program shows educational benefits
April 12, 2018
Crain's Detroit Business
Expert: Brian Jacob
Need help avoiding foreclosure in Detroit?
April 10, 2018
Channel 4 Detroit
Expert: Roshanak Mehdipanah
Researcher: Staggering percentage of students are homeless
April 7, 2018
Cadillac News
Expert: Jennifer Erb-Downward
Low-income families are getting terrible financial advice online
April 3, 2018
Market Watch
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
Colleges should be anti-poverty institutions
March 29, 2018
The Detroit News
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Getting From Here to There: In the suburbs, car ownership is practically a necessity.
March 26, 2018
Slate
Expert: Alexandra Murphy
The Growing College Graduation Gap
March 25, 2018
The New York Times
Expert: Fabian Pfeffer
Suburban Housing Costs Are Stretching Families to the Brink
March 21, 2018
Slate
Expert: Alexandra Murphy
The Suburban Mystique: How the symbol of American prosperity became the new place of poverty
March 19, 2018
Slate
Expert: Alexandra Murphy
UM, Detroit partner for four-year economic mobility project
March 19, 2018
Michigan Radio
How Blood-Plasma Companies Target the Poorest Americans
March 15, 2018
The Atlantic
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
This Michigan initiative is using big ideas to try and solve the problem of poverty
March 4, 2018
Big Ten Network
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
History proves that solving poverty requires more than just a silver bullet
February 19, 2018
Stateside on Michigan Radio
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem
January 24, 2018
The New York Times
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Trump may weaken ‘outdated’ rules that force banks to lend to the poor
January 12, 2018
CNN Money
Expert: Amiyatosh Purnanandam
Over 50 years after the War on Poverty, it’s time to find a solution
January 9, 2018
Michigan Radio
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Helping Working Poor: Groups look to aid growing population
December 31, 2017
Traverse City Record Eagle
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Study: Half of Michigan Medicaid expansion enrollees work
December 13, 2017
Crain's Detroit Business
Expert: John Ayanian
Study looks at work status of those in state’s Medicaid expansion
December 12, 2017
University Record
Expert: John Ayanian
CBO numbers on tax bill changes don’t look good for the country’s poorest
November 27, 2017
Marketplace
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Senate Democrats have a plan that would cut child poverty nearly in half
October 27, 2017
Vox
Expert: Luke Shaefer
When Government Designs Programs To Help Kids, The Details Matter
October 16, 2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Luke Shaefer
What we know about Career and Technical Education in high school
October 5, 2017
The Brookings Institution
Expert: Brian Jacob
Arthur Brooks presents on the intersection between entrepreneurship and poverty
October 4, 2017
The Michigan Daily
By age 3, inequality is clear: Rich kids attend school. Poor kids stay with a grandparent
September 26, 2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Christina Weiland
When Black Children Are Targeted for Punishment
September 25, 2017
The New York Times
Expert: Derrick Darby
The latest Obamacare repeal bill is modeled after welfare reform. That was a failure.
September 20, 2017
Vox
Expert: Luke Shaefer
Rising Health-Insurance Costs Are Eating Into Employees’ Paycheck Gains
September 19, 2017
Bloomberg
Expert: Tom Buchmueller
US incomes at record levels while poverty declines
September 13, 2017
The Financial Times
Expert: Justin Wolfers
The subtle ways colleges discriminate against poor students, explained with a cartoon
September 12, 2017
Vox
Expert: Martha Bailey and Susan Dynarski
‘It’s about how we survive’
August 28, 2017
Michigan Today
Expert: David Johnson
Bad Jobs And No Welfare Give Rise To A New Type Of Charity: The Diaper Bank
August 20, 2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Luke Shaefer
How Welfare’s Work Requirements Can Deepen And Prolong Poverty
August 3, 2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
Chronic absenteeism: An old problem in search of new answers
July 27, 2017
The Brookings Institution
Expert: Brian Jacob
A basic income really could end poverty forever
July 17, 2017
Vox
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
There are fewer and fewer avenues to the middle class for low-income families
July 13, 2017
Michigan Radio
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
The return of welfare reform
June 30, 2017
Vox
Expert: Luke Shaefer
Why poverty is not a personal choice, but a reflection of society
June 30, 2017
The Conversation
Expert: Shervin Assari
Employment helps white men’s health more than women and blacks
June 22, 2017
The Conversation
Expert: Shervin Assari
What happens if you replace every social program with a universal basic income
May 31, 2017
Vox
Expert: Luke Shaefer
Cash Assistance for Child Poverty (Podcast)
May 24, 2017
The Brookings Institution
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Bankole: Universities boosting investments in Detroit
May 18, 2017
The Detroit News
Author H. Luke Shaefer shares his research on poverty in the United States
May 16, 2017
The Michigan Daily
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Child poverty in the US is a disgrace. Experts are embracing this simple plan to cut it.
April 27, 2017
Vox
Expert: Luke Shaefer
Event to highlight university-Detroit partnership in research and learning
April 20, 2017
The University Record
Fighting Child Poverty With a Universal Child Allowance
April 19, 2017
The American Prospect
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
U-M seeks participation in summer youth employment program
March 20, 2017
The University Record
Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi Delta?
March 16, 2017
The Atlantic
Expert: Luke Shaefer
Your Call: Abandoned and socially isolated poor women
February 22, 2017
Your Call
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
‘$2.00 a Day’ authors talk book’s creation and future film adaptation
February 8, 2017
The Michigan Daily
Expert: H. Luke Shaefer
Column: We need to fix the social safety net, not shame those who need it
February 2, 2017
PBS News Hour
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
‘There’s a dignity to this place’: Inside the world of pay-what-you-can restaurants
January 23, 2017
The Washington Post
U-M anti-poverty effort seeks to tackle issue, make ‘real difference’
January 17, 2017
MLive
UM addressing Detroit poverty with initiative
January 17, 2017
The Detroit News
University of Michigan announces efforts to address poverty
January 17, 2017
The San Francisco Chronicle
L.A.’s homeless might see a change under President Trump
January 6, 2017
Southern California Public Radio
Finding a way to win the war on poverty in America
January 3, 2017
Michigan Radio
Beyond Obamacare: What the ACA has meant for Michigan
December 18, 2016
Detroit Free Press
The Real ‘Left Behind’ Voters: Black Women
December 9, 2016
Newsweek
Giving Every Child a Monthly Check for an Even Start
October 18, 2016
The New York Times
New University of Michigan initiative takes aim at poverty in America
October 7, 2016
The Detroit Free Press
There Have To Be Better Ways To Fight Poverty. The White House Wants To Find Them.
January 13, 2016
The Huffington Post
How Poor Single Moms Survive
December 1, 2015
The Atlantic
Expert: Kristin Seefeldt
Rental America: Why the poor pay $4,150 for a $1,500 sofa
October 16, 2014
Washington Post
Expert: Michael Barr
The Fleeting Dream of Homeownership
September 9, 2014
The Huffington Post
Expert: Trina Shanks
