The Metro: Reimagine Everything pays homage to author, philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs.
James Boggs has the Detroit story. He was born into a sharecropping family in Junction, Alabama. He moved to the...
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The Metro: Hart Plaza hosts powwow to honor Detroit’s Indigenous past, present and future
Detroit or Waawiyatanong is the ancestral homelands of the three Anishinaabe nations: the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi. As you drive...
CONTAINER on The Metro: Bevlove
Bevlove is a Detroit R&B songstress who uses her words to paint pictures over smooth productions.Bevlove grew up understanding the...
The Metro: Where Senate candidates stand on electric vehicles, tariffs
The next Senator representing Michigan could shift the balance of power in Washington, and their policies relating to the auto...
The Metro: What urban farmers need from Detroit’s next mayor
There are about 2,200 urban gardens across Detroit. In a place with a lot of empty tracts, that can be...
The Metro: StoryFest explores the hidden forces that shape community
In metro Detroit, there’s constant movement. People coming, going, or staying by insistence or force. But sometimes the strongest currents...
The Metro: Warren police launch program to break the cycle of domestic violence
The thousands of domestic violence calls Warren police receive annually are pushing law enforcement to act differently, to move faster...
The Metro: Pot for potholes, or a hit to equity? Advocates push back
Michigan’s cannabis industry has become one of the largest in the nation. Last year alone, people here bought over $3...
The Metro: Why officials want to cap parts of I-75
In metro Detroit, we’re accustomed to highways. They’re everywhere. They get us to where we’re going quite quickly. But they...
The Metro: Non-profit calls on men to address domestic violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and one local non-profit is recruiting men to help end the abuse.While men are...
The Metro: Music royalties help pay for Michigan state employee retirements
Detroit is a city with many musical connections. But one musical connection might be helping pay for your retirement. Between...
The Metro: Truck routes enforced in Southwest, residents call for citywide ordinance
The city has started enforcing new truck routes in Southwest Detroit this week. For many years, residents have been blowing...