The teenage girls behind a $25 minimum wage fight in rural Alaska
Nome is one of the most expensive towns in America. Six young women there are hoping to get a minimum wage initiative on the November ballot.
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University of Michigan program offers expensive denture treatment for free
The University of Michigan's Senior Implant Overdenture Restorative (SenIOR) program offers implant overdentures for free and is aiming to improve insurance coverage for the treatment.
Micro forests attract not only birds and bees but Metro Detroiters, too
Whether you call them micro, mini, or pocket forests, they are taking root around the world — and in metro Detroit. They help the environment, provide refuge to native species, and respite to people seeking green spaces — especially in urban areas.
Dealing with disasters increasingly requires a smartphone – losing access can be a nightmare, but there are ways to prepare
Smartphones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But when disasters hit cellphones can be easily lost or forgotten, their batteries can run down with no way to recharge them, and cell service can become unreliable.
They grew up breathing Detroit air. Generations of women are pushing for new approaches to pollution.
Some are organizing and training to advocate for their neighbors; some are trying to change the laws to consider the cumulative burden of pollution.
North Central Michigan College plans to launch northern Michigan’s only dental hygiene school
Over the past three years, North Central Michigan College staff have been working on building a dental hygiene program, designing a new facility to house it, and seeking funding to get it off the ground.
CDFIs investments in childcare allows daycares like Detroit’s Lil Love Bugs to further invest in children’s futures
Childcare is not a family issue, but a workforce issue. Members of the MI CDFI Coalition showcase how investing in quality, affordable childcare and early childhood education positively impacts the entire community.
Returning citizens face extra hurdles in Detroit’s already challenging housing market
Formerly incarcerated people face numerous challenges in finding housing, often leading them to become homeless or recidivate.
