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The Metro: Access to college education via federal loans facing disruption

Lauren Myers, David Leins, The Metro March 26, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Student loan debt is massive in the U.S., totaling $1.7 trillion....

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The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan is set to take over the QLINE by Sept. 30.
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The Metro: A look at public transit history and where it’s headed in Detroit

The Metro, Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent March 26, 2025

For a good chunk of the 20th century, railcars took Detroiters from point A to point B.  Along Gratiot and...

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The Metro: County Veteran Service Fund miscalculation puts veteran affairs offices in a tricky financial situation

The Metro, Jack Filbrandt March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.  Today on The Metro we bring you a conversation with...

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The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?

David Leins, The Metro, Cary Junior II, Trevor McConico March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...

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A full bike rack outside a Michigan elementary school
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • The Metro

The Metro: Connecting with community is important, but it’s gotten a lot harder

David Leins, The Metro, Trevor McConico February 27, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Loneliness in America is bad and getting worse. In recent decades,...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance
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The Metro: A conversation with new Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel

The Metro, Sam Corey February 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Democrats took a lot of hits in November at the...

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Three boys, identities unknown, pose in front of a five and dime store in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, and Black Bottom neighborhoods, 1930s-1940s.
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  • The Metro
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The Metro: Black history is Detroit’s history

The Metro, Tia Graham, Trevor McConico February 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Black History Month, and we want to recognize that Detroit...

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a pile of open books
  • Education
  • The Metro

The Metro: New study shows “gamified learning” could improve youth literacy

David Leins, The Metro, John Filbrandt February 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Reading is one of the most beneficial life skills one can...

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A snowy street in Detroit
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Environment
  • The Metro

The Metro: Climate change is impacting weather patterns and snow days

David Leins, The Metro, Trevor McConico February 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Snow days are when school districts close schools for a day...

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Confederates written by Dominique Morisseau at Detroit Public Theatre from February 6th through March 16th
  • Culture & Music
  • The Metro

The Metro: Detroit Public Theatre’s latest production explores history in conversation with the present

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Tia Graham February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now at the Detroit Public Theatre, the new stage play “Confederates”...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • The Metro
  • Transit

The Metro: How is the project to cap I-75 going?

The Metro, John Filbrandt, Cary Junior II February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Downtown Detroit Partnership is developing a project to cap the...

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  • Jobs & the Economy
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • The Metro

The Metro: What are tariffs? And how could they affect consumers?

David Leins, The Metro, John Filbrandt February 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. On Tuesday, President Trump’s order to place 10 percent tariffs on...

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