The Metro: From Minneapolis to Detroit, civil disobedience and the economics of justice
There are weeks when the news feels like weather; something that happens over there, something you brace for and then...
Robyn Vincent is the co-host of The Metro on WDET. She is an award-winning journalist, a lifelong listener of WDET, and a graduate of Wayne State University, where she studied journalism.
Before returning home to Detroit, she was a reporter, producer, editor, and executive producer for NPR stations in the Mountain West, including her favorite Western station, KUNC. She received a national fellowship from Investigative Reporters and Editors for her investigative work that probed the unchecked power of sheriffs in Colorado.
She was also the editor-in-chief of an alternative weekly newspaper in Wyoming, leading the paper to win its first national award for a series she directed tracing one reporter’s experience living and working with Syrian refugees.
The Metro: From Minneapolis to Detroit, civil disobedience and the economics of justice
There are weeks when the news feels like weather; something that happens over there, something you brace for and then...
The Metro: Santiago-Romero presses Detroit to define limits on ICE activity
During President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become more dangerous and more visible. Detention has expanded rapidly. Last year...
The Metro: Power, money and silence — Michigan politics this week
In Michigan, hundreds of millions of dollars that people are counting on remain frozen. Last year’s state budget included roughly...
The Metro: As environmental rules roll back, a religious authority remains silent
For more than half a century, the American environmental movement has struck a familiar rhythm: alarm, action, and industry backlash....
The Metro: A new superintendent, a long list of expectations for Michigan schools
Michigan’s schools are increasingly tasked with more than teaching. They are expected to raise reading and math scores, address rising...
The Metro: Explaining antisemitism—and why it’s rising in America
On Sunday, a father and son killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. It was one of the deadliest...
The Metro: They came to America as toddlers, decades later one is detained by ICE
Immigration enforcement in the United States has escalated sharply this year. Under the Biden administration, the daily number of people...
The Metro: Detroit kids have paid the cost. Could this proposal pay it back?
For years, Detroit students have borne the weight of decisions made far from their classrooms. They’ve studied in buildings...
The Metro: What started in Detroit is now a statewide fight to treat water as a human right
Michiganders have lived with water insecurity for years. Detroit’s mass shutoffs in the mid-2010s put the issue in the national...
The Metro: What it will take to prevent another wrongful conviction in Wayne County
Eric Anderson spent nearly nine years behind bars for a robbery he did not commit. His conviction hinged on a...
The Metro: She looked at the waste stream and saw a lifeline
The recent pause in SNAP benefits has pushed hunger back into the headlines. Families who were already stretching every dollar...
The Metro: A lifetime of fighting for Detroit’s children, now carved in brick and stone
For more than half a century, Helen “Mother” Moore has been a familiar sight at Detroit school board meetings, whether...