The Metro: The city of Trenton lights up with first Noel Nights
The city of Trenton is hosting its first ever Noel Nights. The three-week event aims to bolster its local businesses...
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The Metro: Documentary highlights Detroit’s contributions to American Jazz
Jazz emerged from the Black community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the South. The Great Migration...
The Metro: Detroit kids have paid the cost. Could this proposal pay it back?
For years, Detroit students have borne the weight of decisions made far from their classrooms. They’ve studied in buildings...
The Metro: Why cities should focus on depopulation, not gentrification
As Detroit has been changing over the last decade, one word has come up again and again to describe the...
The Metro: What started in Detroit is now a statewide fight to treat water as a human right
Michiganders have lived with water insecurity for years. Detroit’s mass shutoffs in the mid-2010s put the issue in the national...
The Metro: How to choose the right tree for the right place in 2026
Choosing the right tree to plant that will thrive long into the future just got easier.Michigan’s tree canopy is changing...
The Metro: Why the health of Michiganders lags behind others around the nation — and how we can catch up
Health isn’t just influenced by the choices we make. It’s also determined by public policy. That’s the message of a...
The Metro: ‘Venus Undone’ reimagines what it means to be a goddess
History and its depictions of beauty are often shaped by those in charge. For centuries, the European archetypes of beauty...
The Metro: What it will take to prevent another wrongful conviction in Wayne County
Eric Anderson spent nearly nine years behind bars for a robbery he did not commit. His conviction hinged on a...
The Metro: The power of preventing problems instead of responding to them
In America, we have a lot of very big problems, including climate change, income and wealth inequality and hyper partisanship....
The Metro: Gambling reporter discusses the role video games play in the industry
The vast majority of popular online games like Roblox, Genshin Impact, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have in-game currency, encouraging players...
The Metro: Why some Detroiters are missing out on a key opportunity to build wealth
Home ownership is considered to be a critical piece of the American Dream. Wealth is often passed down from generation...