The Metro: Birdie’s Bookmobile is turning the page on Michigan’s literacy crisis
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...
The Metro: Birdie’s Bookmobile is turning the page on Michigan’s literacy crisis
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...
Farmers and business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money
Editor's note: This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization; BPR, a public radio station...
Detroit Evening Report: Duggan to deliver final State of the City address this week
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is set to give his final State of the City address on Tuesday.Subscribe to the Detroit...
Shustho: Bangladeshi women rely on culturally competent care for better health outcomes
Editor’s Note: This story is part two of a new four-part series from WDET’s Nargis Rahman called, “Shustho: Mind, Body,...
The Metro: Dresner Community Center — Gilbert creates new home for nonprofits in Southwest
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...
The Metro: ‘All students’ in Detroit public schools could feel impacts from Department of Education cuts
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...
Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency
Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...
Protesters target GOP members of Congress over possible Medicaid cuts
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates lawmakers cannot reach spending targets set in the recent budget proposal narrowly-passed by the...
Saturday marks 11 years since Michigan marriage equality decision
Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following...
The Metro: New documentary explores the life and death of Detroit author Donald Goines
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Donald Goines is considered the "Godfather of Ghetto Realism." He wrote...
The Metro: Attorney for pro-Palestine protesters says their charges show double standard
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. A group of local attorneys is offering pro bono representation for...
The Metro: Policies that get to the root of homelessness
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In February, two young children experiencing homelessness died of carbon monoxide...