The Metro: Expert tips for keeping kids safe online
On this episode of The Metro, we tackled a really serious topic: online child exploitation. It’s a criminal act that...
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The Metro: President Trump won’t regulate pollution. Can Michigan do that on its own?
In 2023, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed one of the most aggressive clean energy laws in the country — requiring Michigan...
The Metro: Ann Arbor’s bid to dump DTE and go public
If you live in southeast Michigan, chances are you have a DTE story — the kind where your food spoiled...
The Metro: How connection strengthens community and civic life
Research shows that people who frequently socialize are more likely to participate in politics — to vote, attend meetings, and...
The Metro: The pioneer who founded the Negro Leagues
Rube Foster was a pioneer in American baseball. His efforts in the early 20th century to organize Black baseball teams...
The Metro: A 93-year-old pipe flooded Southwest Detroit. Now GLWA wants historic rate hike
The price of water has been steadily rising in Southeast Michigan. Now, one of the steepest rate increases in the...
The Metro: Metro Detroit’s transit gap is wide. RTA’s plan to close it is slow by design
In metro Detroit, the vast majority of residents live within a 10-minute drive of a grocery store. But if you...
The Metro: The case for creating a greater Detroit
Late last year, Rogelio Landin ran for mayor of Detroit on a simple platform: the city should annex some of...
The Metro: ICE is destroying the America Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor loves
Across Michigan, city leaders and police chiefs are asking the same question: how should they work with federal immigration officers?...
The Metro: ‘Unseen’ highlights the immediate crisis of missing Black girls
According to the National Crime Information Center more than 271,000 girls and women were reported missing in 2022 alone. 36%...
The Metro: A former Detroit police chief spent his career building trust. He says ICE is dismantling it
Federal immigration agents have been involved in at least 30 shootings since President Trump returned to office — eight...
The Metro: The plan to fix Michigan’s teacher shortage
Most everyone wants students to have good teachers. But how do we adequately prepare educators, and keep them in the...