The Metro: Who wins, who loses, and who sues over Michigan’s new budget
Michigan’s $81 billion budget opens with a promise to put more money into classrooms. It raises per-student funding to record...
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The Metro: Who wins, who loses, and who sues over Michigan’s new budget
Michigan’s $81 billion budget opens with a promise to put more money into classrooms. It raises per-student funding to record...
The Metro: Crowd plays key role in comedian Sam Tallent’s sets
Sam Tallent is an entertainer who has spent two decades on the stage as a musician and comedian. Sam, like...
The Metro: Non-profit engages Black church community to improve voter turnout
Voter turnout in Detroit is low. Only a fraction of registered voters cast a ballot when Election Day comes. But...
The Metro: Detroit’s oldest cemetery will be lit up for tours this weekend
Cemeteries are the last place one might look for things to do over the weekend. But, if you appreciate reflection...
The Metro: What’s downstream for dam removal in Michigan’s rivers?
Southeast Michigan’s streams and rivers are studded by shadows of our industrial past. Henry Ford brought mass production of vehicles...
The Metro: The Windsor Film Festival makes Detroit its first international stop
Our neighbors across the Detroit River have hosted the Windsor International Film Festival for 21 years. This year will be...
The Metro: Fall favorites to check off your bucket list
Fall is here, and that means cool nights, crispy leaves and the smell of hot apple cider. But the season...
The Metro: Wayne State’s new program to enroll more Detroit students
The cost of college isn’t just measured in tuition dollars. For many students, part of the challenge is navigating the...
The Metro: Detroit’s juvenile attorneys face old pay rates in a new era of youth violence
The attorneys representing young people in Detroit’s courts say their pay hasn’t kept pace with their purpose. They haven’t received...
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...
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...