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Recent stories from The Metro
The Metro: Michigan landfills are heating up. Here’s what escapes
Landfills release benzene and other chemicals even on a normal day. When the waste inside heats up, those emissions climb with it. A well at Arbor Hills, west of Northville, hit 177 degrees last year — and the operator now wants to expand.
The Metro: A grocer that answers to its neighbors. Now it needs them
The Detroit People’s Food Co-op opened in 2024 after a decade of organizing. Now it’s asking residents to buy in — and to spend more — to keep it alive.
The Metro: ‘The Coney’ show features Detroit A-listers raising money for youth art
The show gathers Detroit’s A-listers, with proceeds benefitting local youth art programs.
The Metro: Does the public benefit from a redeveloped RenCen?
Bedrock CEO Jared Fleisher joins The Metro to discuss the current plan to subsidize the Renaissance Center’s redevelopment. Then Anne Goulet joins the show to offer her perspective as a principal of two architecture firms.
The Metro: Pan-Asian neighborhood concert revives Detroit’s Chinatown as it rebuilds
Detroit Shipping Company is set to host a variety of local musical artists in celebration of Pan-Asian culture ranging from an erhu player to an entire taiko ensemble.
The Metro: The Sunrise Movement co-founder trying to flip Lansing’s House seat
He helped build a climate movement from the outside. Now Will Lawrence wants in — running on Medicare for All and an AI pause against Rep. Tom Barrett.
The Metro: The government tried to erase her family. She found their names
Sierra Biidaaban Nadeau was reporting on Michigan’s Indian boarding schools when she found her own great-grandfather in the records. Her book, “What the Ancestors Say,” is out this month.
Metro Events Guide: Eastern Market stays up late, stargazing on the beach, festivals and more
Discover unique events in metro Detroit happening Sept. 17-24.
The Metro: Can Detroiters heal without waiting on the system?
A healing circle in a high school English class became a house where kids do laundry, get tutored and eat. The newest addition: a free grocery store they want to scale citywide.
The Metro: How America has changed — and hasn’t — 25 years after 9/11
Journalist Ali Harb joins the show to discuss how 9/11 changed American politics and how it impacts Arab Americans 25 years later.
The Metro: Rep. Tlaib says DTE must pay for outages and pollution
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins The Metro to discuss DTE Energy’s storm response, the state rule that decides who gets compensated for a long outage, and her stalled bill to raise pollution penalties on utilities that keep seeking rate increases.
Metro Events Guide: Dally across Detroit this weekend
Discover unique events in metro Detroit happening Sept. 10-17.
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