The Metro: Is owning a home still part of the American dream?
Owning a home has been a symbol of achievement in this country for generations. It’s the most common way to...
Cary Junior II is an audio journalist and producer for The Metro on 101.9 WDET. Cary has worked as a producer or host on a number of projects. His work includes short and longform audio, documentary series and daily radio. In his five year career in journalism he has worked for Crooked Media, the Detroit Free Press, and now WDET - Detroit's NPR station.
The Metro: Is owning a home still part of the American dream?
Owning a home has been a symbol of achievement in this country for generations. It’s the most common way to...
The Metro: Detroit’s City Walls program supporting next generation of muralists
No matter how you look at it, the beautification of Detroit’s alleyways and building walls have helped change the perspective...
Created Equal: Experts discuss what it takes to win a political debate
JD Vance and Tim Walz squared off on Tuesday in what will likely be the last debate of the 2024...
Created Equal: Detroiter’s new memoir details Black roots of country music
Detroit music and the people who make it are often associated with soulful, funky and bluesy sounds. But very rarely...
Created Equal: Why Texas continues to expand its highways
Since the Federal Highway Act created the interstate system in 1956, states across the nation have conceded a lot of...
Created Equal: Measuring the value and implications of standardized tests
Over the last 20 years, education experts have increasingly questioned whether standardized tests are the best way to measure how...
Created Equal: Rethinking solutions for pets who live in poverty
Michigan's largest animal welfare nonprofit is expanding support for families with pets that live in poverty.Subscribe to Created Equal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR.org or...
Created Equal: Research suggests belief that people in poverty have ‘thick skin’
One might believe that people perceive individuals who live in poverty as in greater need of help when faced with...
Created Equal: Why educator says Wayne County judge’s reaction to sleeping girl was ‘unfair’
In August, Eva Goodman was placed in handcuffs and a jail uniform for sleeping in a courtroom during a field...
Created Equal: What’s next in the 2024 election season now that the conventions are over?
Now that the major parties have officially selected their nominees for president and the conventions have passed, how do the...
Created Equal: New book shares lessons about grief from the widows of rock musicians
When Lori Tucker-Sullivan's husband Kevin died from cancer, she took it upon herself to merge her life-long passion of writing...
Created Equal: How state universities profit from land taken from Native Americans
In 1862, the federal government passed the Morrill Act which ultimately allocated over 10 million acres of land to states...
