The Metro: As inflation eases, many Detroit small businesses still struggle
Small businesses are often described as the backbone of the economy. But in moments of stress, they can also be...
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: As inflation eases, many Detroit small businesses still struggle
Small businesses are often described as the backbone of the economy. But in moments of stress, they can also be...
The Metro: What it means to be an American in 2026
Who wrote the Federalist Papers? What power does the president have? Name one right only U.S. citizens possess. Those are...
The Metro: The cost of fewer visas and voices on campus
Every fall, college campuses come alive with small rituals: new students finding their way, roommates negotiating shared space, classrooms filling...
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: Fewer killings in Detroit and what made it possible
Detroit ended 2026 with fewer people killed than it’s seen in decades: 165 homicides. That number carries an enormous amount...
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...
