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The Metro: Is money in sports good for the game?

Cary Junior II, The Metro Trevor McConico March 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.For a while now there has been tons of money in sports....

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The Metro: Policies that get to the root of homelessness

The Metro, Sam Corey March 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In February, two young children experiencing homelessness died of carbon monoxide...

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The Metro: ‘Love, Rita’ takes a personal look at systemic racism in the US health care system

The Metro, Tia Graham March 19, 2025

Bridgett M. Davis is an author and daughter of Detroit.  She’s written about her mom’s business running the numbers in...

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Khary Frazier of the nonprofit Soulardarity, at WDET Studios, March 19, 2025.
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The Metro: In the face of big utilities, how do residents have more power?

The Metro, Robyn Vincent March 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In metro Detroit, a quarter of low-income households pay more than...

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Freelance journalist and contributing writer for The Metro Times Kahn Santori Davison joined The Metro on March, 18, 2025, to talk about Detroiters' unique style.
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The Metro: Detroit threads and the city’s unspoken identity

The Metro, Lauren Myers March 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Fashion in Detroit is more than just a trend, it's a...

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jessica Care moore is Detroit's poet laureate, a filmmaker and artist. She'll be speaking at Michael Ford’s Hip Hop Architecture Lecture Series on March 19 at the University of Detroit Mercy.
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The Metro: Celebrating the impact of women on hip-hop culture, design

The Metro, Tia Graham March 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. From the way we dress, down to the food we eat,...

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The Metro: The future of Michigan’s cannabis industry

Cary Junior II, The Metro March 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Ever since Michigan voters approved the sale of recreational cannabis seven...

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Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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The Metro: What’s behind Trump’s assault on transgender Americans?

The Metro, Robyn Vincent March 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed a series of...

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The Metro: Wayne County may owe you, and Detroit Documenters are here to help

The Metro, Jack Filbrandt March 17, 2025

Each week on The Metro, we check in with the Detroit Documenters to hear about the important local meetings they're...

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Photo of Detroit Broadcaster Huel Perkins at WDET Studios on 313 Day, March 13, 2025.
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The Metro: Veteran Detroit broadcaster Huel Perkins reflects on career, vital role of media

The Metro, Lauren Myers, Robyn Vincent, David Leins March 14, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Huel Perkins has left an imprint on Detroit.  Across more...

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Detroit artist and educator Sabrina Nelson at WDET Studios on 313 Day, March 13, 2025.
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The Metro: Artist and educator Sabrina Nelson shares love for Detroit on 313 Day

The Metro, Tia Graham March 14, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.Detroiters celebrated 313 Day on Thursday — a time to reflect on...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters march along Wayne State University's campus in Detroit on May 23, 2024.
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The Metro: Expert on authoritarianism sounds alarm on arrest of Palestinian student

The Metro, Robyn Vincent, David Leins March 12, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. College campuses have long been wellsprings for free speech and social...

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