The Metro: Therapist shares warning signs to prevent suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to bring attention to a crisis that touches far too many families. This...
The Metro
The Metro: Therapist shares warning signs to prevent suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to bring attention to a crisis that touches far too many families. This...
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The Metro: Metroparks offers to sell Flat Rock Dam to city for $5, with additional $3 million for fish ladder
The Huron-Clinton Metroparks Board of Commissioners voted to authorize its attorneys to enter into the sale of the Flat Rock...
The Metro: ‘Sabbath Queen’ asks whether traditions can be honored when they’re changed
When who we are and what we believe in conflicts with the traditions that we’re raised in, life broadly leaves...
The Metro: Metroparks to vote on future of Flat Rock Dam
The future of a nearly 100-year-old dam in Flat Rock, MI will be determined tomorrow. The board of commissioners for...
The Metro: A lifeline is closing for trans teens at Michigan’s flagship hospital
The University of Michigan is ending gender-affirming care for minors, leaving an untold number of families with fewer options and...
The Metro: From Detroit to Gaza, calls rise for bold new strategies for Palestinian freedom
It has been almost two years since Hamas attacked Israeli civilians on October 7. Since then, Israel’s military campaign in...
The Metro: Detroit’s greenway continues its expansion around the city
Detroit’s industrialization often cuts people off from various spaces with its grey infrastructure — roads with wide lanes, large, corporate...
The Metro: Why homelessness is increasing in Detroit’s suburbs
Social service agencies, particularly government and nonprofit ones, rely on money from the federal government to feed people, provide healthcare,...
The Metro: Detroit public schools write the next page of literacy recovery
Detroit’s schools are still recovering from the deep wounds of systemic neglect. Redlining, segregation, and a crash in city revenue...
The Metro: Could I-375 pause rekindle Detroit’s fight for real repair?
I-375 is not just a concrete thoroughfare — it is a reminder of how Black neighborhoods were sacrificed, and how...
The Metro: The plan for getting ranked choice voting on Michigan’s November ballot next year
Two months ago, a campaign to enact ranked choice voting in Michigan got off the ground. Ranked choice voting lets...
The Metro: The carbon footprint myth and where real climate solutions begin
For decades, fossil fuel companies championed the idea that climate change is solved through everyday personal habits — change your...
