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A Palestinian family making Nabulsi soap at home in Mazre' Al-Nobani village in the West Bank.
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Small business aims to preserve Palestinian cultural traditions with soap making kits

Zahra Hassan March 26, 2025

Editor's note: A previous version of the story incorrectly referred to Culture Crate as a nonprofit organization. Culture Crate is...

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Shustho: Free health clinic aims to close insurance gap for Bangladeshi women in southeast Michigan  

Nargis Rahman March 26, 2025

Editor’s Note: This story is part three of a new four-part series from WDET’s Nargis Rahman called, “Shustho: Mind, Body,...

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A Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency office in Grand Rapids.
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Detroit Evening Report: Final hearing pushed in pandemic-era class action against UIA

Hernz Laguerre March 25, 2025

A judge has delayed for a month the approval of a $55 million settlement in a Michigan class action lawsuit...

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A photo of Marine Corp Veteran and therapist Kevin Scott.
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The Metro: How will cuts to the VA and its services impact veterans?

Cary Junior II, The Metro March 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to restructure in early...

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Books donated to Birdie's Bookmobile are shared with children and families via school visits, free book fairs and community events.
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The Metro: Birdie’s Bookmobile is turning the page on Michigan’s literacy crisis

Lauren Myers, Tia Graham, The Metro March 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education plays an important role in the way in which society...

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Jim Lively has a local food market just minutes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. He’s waiting for the federal money he was promised so he can put solar on the roof and offset the costs of opening up a campsite for RVs in this field.
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Farmers and business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money

Izzy Ross, Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Emily Jones March 25, 2025

Editor's note: This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization; BPR, a public radio station...

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan addresses city employees on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
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Detroit Evening Report: Duggan to deliver final State of the City address this week

Hernz Laguerre March 24, 2025

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is set to give his final State of the City address on Tuesday.Subscribe to the Detroit...

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Shustho: Bangladeshi women rely on culturally competent care for better health outcomes

Nargis Rahman March 24, 2025

Editor’s Note: This story is part two of a new four-part series from WDET’s Nargis Rahman called, “Shustho: Mind, Body,...

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Virginia Romano, CEO of the Dresner Foundation, at WDET Studios.
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The Metro: Dresner Community Center — Gilbert creates new home for nonprofits in Southwest

Tia Graham, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Southwest Detroit is a vibrant community that oftentimes gets overlooked as...

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent speaks during a panel discussion in November 2018.
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The Metro: ‘All students’ in Detroit public schools could feel impacts from Department of Education cuts

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education in the U.S. is facing upheaval. The Department of Education...

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Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency

Isabel Gil March 24, 2025

Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...

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About 100 unionized health care workers and others who depend on Medicaid demonstrated outside Michigan Republican Congressman John James' office in Warren on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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Protesters target GOP members of Congress over possible Medicaid cuts

Quinn Klinefelter March 21, 2025

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates lawmakers cannot reach spending targets set in the recent budget proposal narrowly-passed by the...

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