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Crain's Detroit | Mar. 27, 2023 | Featuring Detroit Metro Area Communities Study

A new fund is laser-focused on 11 key Detroit neighborhoods

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Flint Beat | Mar. 26, 2023 | Featuring Lisa Lapeyrouse

Collaborators hope to move fight against racism in Flint area “beyond conversation”

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Michigan Radio | Mar. 22, 2023 | Featuring Alexa Eisenberg

As housing costs soar, Mich. tenants eye rent control. But there’s a catch.

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Michigan Advance | Mar. 19, 2023 | Featuring Luke Shaefer

‘A very dark time’: SNAP cuts leave Michigan families, food banks struggling

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Detroit Metro Times | Mar. 15, 2023 | Featuring Jennifer Erb-Downward

After getting kicked out of the house as a teenager, one young woman now wants to save Detroit’s lost children

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MLive / The Flint Journal | Mar. 14, 2023 | Featuring Luke Shaefer

Dr. Mona’s prescription for helping Flint kids? $500 infant cash allowance for entire city

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Detroit Free Press | Mar. 13, 2023 | Featuring Poverty Solutions policy brief

Many Michigan families don’t realize they qualify for child care subsidy

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Bridge Detroit | Mar. 11, 2023 | Featuring Matthew Alemu

Opinion: Engaging the Racial Hypocrisy of America’s Heart

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Detroit News | Feb. 27, 2023 | Featuring Detroit Metro Area Communities Study

Michigan saw decline in racial health disparities during pandemic, report says

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KMPH Fox 26 | Feb. 20, 2023 | Featuring Patrick Cooney

Lawmakers debate SNAP benefits, work requirements as pandemic extras go away

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