Poverty is a problem that affects us all

Poverty is a problem that impacts us all

For those in Michigan lucky enough to see poverty as someone else's problem, or no more of one than the moment of guilt as one breezes past the Salvation Army red buckets over the holidays, there's news for you: Poverty in Michigan is everyone's problem. While solutions may be maddeningly elusive, Michigan ignores poverty at its peril.

A recent report from the Michigan League of Human Services won't come as shocking news to anyone in this state. It found that, over the course of this decade, poverty levels have risen, and more and more Michigan families are being squeezed between declining or stagnant wages and ever-rising prices read more