The Metro: Dr. Keisha Blain highlights the Black women of civil rights and human rights movements
Women have been at the forefront of civil rights and human rights movements throughout history. Yet, their stories are left...
The Metro: Santiago-Romero presses Detroit to define limits on ICE activity
During President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become more dangerous and more visible. Detention has expanded rapidly. Last year...
The Metro: Why more people don’t know about Michigan’s first Black congressmember
Detroit has a number of famous representatives. Representatives John Dingell, labor leader Patrick McNamara, and Congressmember John Conyers. Charles Diggs...
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: A criminal record still shuts too many doors in Michigan
In Michigan, some people coming home from prison face another kind of sentence — silence at the end of every...
The Metro: A lifeline is closing for trans teens at Michigan’s flagship hospital
The University of Michigan is ending gender-affirming care for minors, leaving an untold number of families with fewer options and...
The Metro: From Detroit to Gaza, calls rise for bold new strategies for Palestinian freedom
It has been almost two years since Hamas attacked Israeli civilians on October 7. Since then, Israel’s military campaign in...
Late Rev. Nicholas Hood on the March on Washington
On August 28th, 1963, nearly 250,000 people from around the country marched to the Mall in Washington D.C, to hear...
Detroit Evening Report: Dems want to expand Michigan civil rights act to cover antisemitism
A group of Democratic state lawmakers is calling for an expansion of Michigan’s civil rights law to specifically include protections...
The Metro: Ibram X. Kendi’s new book introduces Malcolm X to a new generation
Ibram X. Kendi has a new children’s book out called “Malcolm Lives.” In the book, he’s introducing the life and...
The Metro: Former US Attorney Barb McQuade on Trump’s defiance of court orders
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Last month, the U.S. government deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a native...
Crossing the line: Know your rights coming back into the US
President Donald Trump campaigned on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. So far, he hasn't been successful. However, it's not for...