The Metro: How opioid settlement money will help Michiganders with substance abuse issues
For years, pharmaceutical companies have pushed drugs onto people and doctors, increasing addiction rates and overdose deaths in Michigan and...
Sam Corey
Sam Corey is a producer for 101.9 WDET, which includes finding and preparing interesting stories for the daily news, arts and culture program, The Metro. Sam joined WDET after a year and a half at The Union, a small newspaper in California, and stints at a variety of local Michigan outlets, including WUOM and the Metro Times. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago.
The Metro: How opioid settlement money will help Michiganders with substance abuse issues
For years, pharmaceutical companies have pushed drugs onto people and doctors, increasing addiction rates and overdose deaths in Michigan and...
The Metro: Do the pros outweigh the cons with nuclear energy?
The Palisades nuclear plant in Covert Township got one step closer to reopening after federal regulators allowed the plant’s owners...
The Metro: What lies ahead for the Detroit Land Bank Authority?
The Detroit Land Bank Authority has made tremendous changes in Detroit since its conception in 2008. But without a subsidy...
The Metro: The case for more small-scale development projects in Detroit
When people left Detroit, the city lost a lot of momentum for development. Over the past decade, encouraging growth has...
The Metro: Reacting to Tuesday’s primary election results with Pat Batcheller
Tuesday night, Detroit got the election results that the polls predicted. Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield took the bulk...
The Metro: Can a new coalition remove big money from Michigan politics?
Billionaires and dark money political action committees dominated spending in the 2024 election cycle. One dark money political action committee...
The Metro: How should universities respond to student protests?
Universities have been cracking down on pro-Palestine student protestors. In April, the University of Michigan fired a full-time employee, and...
The Metro: Detroiters are asking for change. These races decide if they’ll get it
For months, Detroiters and suburbanites have had their eyes on the mayoral race. That’s for good reason: Mayor Mike Duggan...
The Metro: How Mississippi beat Michigan in literacy — and what we can learn
Right now, Michigan kids are struggling with something fundamental — reading. Over the last 20 years, the state dropped from...
The Metro: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, says Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov
Listen to The Metro weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET on 101.9 FM and streaming on demand.It’s been almost two...
The Metro: Voter turnout is low in Detroit, but could that change?
Registered voters not casting a vote is a problem in the city, one that seems to be bigger here than...
The Metro: How will Detroit’s next mayor address homelessness and housing?
Affordable housing has been a major issue for many voters in Detroit. In fact, according to recent University of Michigan...