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Detroit By The Numbers: Poverty and Human Trafficking

Station Programming April 15, 2015

WDET's new series "Detroit By The Numbers" is exploring the issue of poverty in southeast Michigan. In this chapter, WDET's Sandra Svoboda...

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Population and Poverty: A View of Detroit, the State and Other Big Cities [Maps, Charts]

Melissa Mason March 26, 2015

Poverty Rates Across U.S. Cities Press “play” and watch how the populations and poverty rates change in various American cities,...

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Michigan’s Poverty, City by City [Map + Infographic]

Melissa Mason March 25, 2015

"Hover" your cursor over a city, indicated by a blue dot, on the map to view its population, poverty rate...

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Poverty Rates and Population in Detroit, Cities Around the Country [Map + Motion Graphic]

Melissa Mason March 25, 2015

Poverty Rates Across U.S. Cities Press “play” and watch how the populations and poverty rates change in various American cities,...

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What is Poverty, and Where Does Metro Detroit Stack Up? [Infographic]

Melissa Mason March 16, 2015

Poverty is defined by Merriam Webster as “the state of being poor,” or “a lack of something.” These definitions are...

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Where is Poverty in Metro Detroit? [Map]

Sandra Svoboda March 16, 2015

You may see it everywhere, or you may never see it at all, depending on where you live. As the...

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Poverty Tells ‘Heartbreaking’ Stories About Families

Sandra Svoboda March 16, 2015

Delphia Simmons meets a lot of people in financial distress. In her job at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter (COTS)....

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