The Metro: Political pressure is ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Diversity, equity and inclusion is going away. It’s been the story...
The Metro: Political pressure is ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Diversity, equity and inclusion is going away. It’s been the story...
The Metro: Former Sleeping Bear Dunes superintendent warns of cuts to national parks, public lands
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Huge numbers of Americans took to the streets over the weekend...
Detroit Evening Report: Thousands join ‘Hands Off!’ demonstrations in Detroit and beyond
Several thousand protesters — unhappy with the Trump administration’s cuts to federal employees, mass deportations, and tariffs — marched down...
Analyst: Trump tariffs mean recession is likely for Michigan, Ontario
Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even...
Detroit’s tree canopy is growing, despite federal funding cuts
American Forests, the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit, says Detroit has planted 25,000 trees since launching a local tree equity partnership...
Michigan union advocates react to Trump cuts, vow to fight against them
President Donald Trump is attacking unions at the federal level in a way not seen since the Reagan administration. Claiming...
Public officials, veterans, union members protest federal cuts
A few hundred people rallied outside a veterans hospital in Ann Arbor this weekend to protest federal cuts to the...
The Metro: Access to college education via federal loans facing disruption
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....
WATCH LIVE: NPR, PBS heads answer lawmakers’ allegations of bias
The CEOs of NPR and PBS are appearing Wednesday before a House subcommittee on government efficiency, chaired by Republican Rep....
The Metro: How will cuts to the VA and its services impact veterans?
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...
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...