The Metro: The view of Iran from the diaspora living in metro Detroit
The war in Iran — and the regional fallout — is continuing. Without Congressional authorization, President Donald Trump and Israel launched strikes...
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The Metro: The view of Iran from the diaspora living in metro Detroit
The war in Iran — and the regional fallout — is continuing. Without Congressional authorization, President Donald Trump and Israel launched strikes...
The Metro: Inside Mon Coeur, a bookstore dedicated entirely to romance
Romance books have been growing in popularity over the last few years. Now bookstores are following suit. Carolyn Haering opened...
The Metro: Who speaks for Iranians? On the limits of American assumptions
The United States has a long history of deciding what Iranians want. Saturday, it happened again. Without Congressional authorization, President...
The Metro: Literature scholar examines queer romance stories amid the success of ‘Heated Rivalry’
Since late last year, “Heated Rivalry”—a series about two male hockey players who fall in love— has taken the country...
The Metro: Too broken to live in, too expensive to fix. Detroit’s unique housing crisis
Detroit has a housing problem. But in this city, compared with others across the country, the issue isn’t about a...
The Metro: What it’s like to lead a health department in Trump’s America
People voted for President Donald Trump, in part, because he promised to shake things up. Change is happening in many...
The Metro: If ‘Detroit Never Left,’ who wrote the comeback story?
If you have lived in Detroit for a while, you’ve heard the city’s revival narrative. The magazines, the national news,...
The Metro: Michigan gives parolees IDs. What more can be done to offer residents a second chance?
What does it take to start over? For thousands of people leaving Michigan prisons every year, it can come down...
The Metro: Social workers are a part of police departments. When should they be called to act?
When someone is in distress, who should respond to the call for help? Police officers or social workers? After the...
The Metro: Former Detroit homicide detective reflects on policing and identity in new art exhibition
Khary Mason is a multidisciplinary artist from Detroit who has spent much of his life living in a state of...
The Metro: Team USA women shine as Americans bring home 33 medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics
It was medals galore for the U.S. winter Olympic teams. American athletes across many sports brought home 33 medals, which...
The Metro: The dopamine loop kids can’t escape, and what Michigan is doing about it
Young people's brains are changing. Research shows social media activates the same dopamine-driven reward pathways in the brain as addictive...
