The Metro: How children’s education impacts parental dementia risk
Dementia affects more than six million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health, accounting for more than 100,000 deaths...
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The Metro: How children’s education impacts parental dementia risk
Dementia affects more than six million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health, accounting for more than 100,000 deaths...
The Metro: Michigan ends mandatory life sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds convicted of murder
America delivers harsher criminal punishments than almost any other country. That harshness can be seen in our prison sentences, which...
The Metro: Detroit Public Library is ready to help in many ways
If you go to the library to borrow a book, you are just scratching the surface of all the tools...
The Metro: Enjoy ‘Art in the Trees’ at Palmer Park in celebration of Earth Day
The city of Detroit has a lot of concrete streets, slabs of road and old industrial buildings. But green spaces...
The Metro: WDET is ‘rooting’ itself in local environmental reporting with tree canopy project
WDET is embarking on a new project exploring the multifaceted relationship between trees and community health in Michigan. Amanda Le...
The Metro: Detroit’s Pope Francis Center leader reflects on late pontiff’s legacy
Caring for the poor and having mercy for the marginalized were values that played a central role in Pope Francis’...
The Metro: Detroit Reparations Task Force seeking input from residents for next report
The Detroit Reparations Task Force is looking for input from residents as they’re preparing its June report for city council....
The Metro: Black boys are attending college less
There are more women attending college in the U.S. than men, enrollment data shows. And more women have college degrees...
The Metro: Congresswoman Tlaib on improving Black maternal health outcomes
The United States spends more on health care costs than any other rich nation, yet maternal death rates remain...
The Metro: Untold tales of Arab American life in metro Detroit
Some of the first Arabs came to Detroit by way of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The fair recreated far...
The Metro: A prescription for poverty — program paying pregnant moms expands to Wayne County
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The U.S. health care system has failed to take care of...
The Metro: Auto industry taking an economic turn due to tariffs
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The stock market has rebounded somewhat since last week, but there...