The Metro: Jay Inslee on where the climate movement should go next
What should we make of the climate movement’s accomplishments over the last decade? On one side, the Inflation Reduction Act...
The Metro
The Metro: Jay Inslee on where the climate movement should go next
What should we make of the climate movement’s accomplishments over the last decade? On one side, the Inflation Reduction Act...
The Metro: Every American president, in one Detroit room
In 2008, Damon DeWitt was 25, living in Miami. It was an election year, Barack Obama was running on a...
The Metro: How this Democratic Socialist plans to govern Ann Arbor
In November, Ann Arbor voters will decide whether their city should build its own electric utility and stop buying power...
The Metro: After anti-Muslim protest, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud on belonging in America
"Terrorist." "Trojan horse." "Terrorist sympathizer." These are the words top Republican officials have used to describe Muslim Americans in public...
The Metro: Mallory McMorrow on the clinics that closed, the race she left, and what her party got wrong
In 2022, Michigan voters wrote reproductive rights into the state constitution. Planned Parenthood of Michigan had fourteen health centers then....
The Metro: How does a new, gigantic bridge affect people living nearby?
The Gordie Howe International Bridge includes a mile and a half of cable and steel stretching across the Detroit River....
The Metro: He came to WDET as an intern. He leaves as its news director
In 2001, Detroit opened its polls with a big question on the ballot. Twenty-one people were running for mayor. Dennis...
The Metro: Life on Detroit’s canals — and the fix that could end it
You can get to Coriander Kitchen and Farm by car but some people come by boat, down a canal on...
The Metro: What Republican candidates need to do to win Michigan
It’s said that all politics is local. But these days, that doesn’t appear to be so true. Instead, a lot...
The Metro: She rebuilt her block when Highland Park couldn’t. Now she wants to run the city
In 2011, Highland Park couldn’t pay its electric bill. So DTE took the streetlights off the poles, about 1,400 of...
The Metro: What Abdul El-Sayed learned from being outspent 11-1
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed says he saw it coming. “When you launch a campaign and you're trying to get money out...
The Metro: Detroit expands public transit, one millage at a time
Wayne County residents overwhelmingly approved a millage that ensures everyone pays into the suburban public transit system, known as SMART. ...
