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The Metro: What Detroit’s Latino community wants from the next mayor

Lauren Myers, Nadia Zyiad, Cary Junior II, The Metro June 12, 2025

As Detroit’s mayoral race begins to take shape, residents will have to decide which candidates will address the issues most...

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The Metro: Detroit’s Senior Olympics wraps with awards and celebration

Lauren Myers, Nadia Zyiad, Cary Junior II, The Metro, Tia Graham June 12, 2025

Throughout its parks and recreation centers, the City of Detroit puts on its annual Senior Olympics, to make sure the...

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State Capital Protests
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The Metro: No Kings protests planned nationwide this weekend

Lauren Myers, Nadia Zyiad, The Metro, Tia Graham June 12, 2025

Protests against President Donald Trump’s executive order activating more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines in Los Angeles...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance
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The Metro: Mayoral candidate Rogelio Landin on growing Detroit and more

Lauren Myers, The Metro, Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent June 12, 2025

As Detroit continues its fight to stabilize population loss and rebuild its tax base, one mayoral write-in candidate believes the...

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Julian Levinson
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Politics, Government & Finance
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The Metro: American Jewish identity and the weight of rising antisemitism

Lauren Myers, The Metro, Sam Corey June 12, 2025

Since October 7th, the world has felt different for many American Jews, and antisemitism has been on the rise. More...

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The Metro: Walking the wire of survival in ‘The Razor’s Edge’

The Metro, Robyn Vincent June 12, 2025

The documentary "The Razor’s Edge" opens in the woods of northern Michigan, where people are living in tents beneath a...

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The Metro:  Detroit vs Speculators: The lawsuit that never was

Lauren Myers, The Metro, Sam Corey, Jack Filbrandt June 11, 2025

For a long time, one of Detroit’s biggest challenges was blight. Generational disinvestment and residential flight left about 80,000 homes...

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The Metro: Routine checkups boost men’s lifespan

Lauren Myers, Cary Junior II, The Metro June 11, 2025

Studies show women live longer than men. According to the CDC, women are expected to live about five years longer....

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The Metro: Canadian wildfire smoke is clouding Michigan skies. An expert shares how to stay safe

The Metro, Robyn Vincent June 11, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The skies over Southeast Michigan...

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  • Public Health
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  • The Metro

The Metro: Satori Shakoor ‘Confessions of a menopausal femme fatale’

Lauren Myers, The Metro, Tia Graham June 10, 2025

So little is discussed about “The Change”. That’s right Menopause is not widely discussed and can bring a sense of...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • The Metro

The Metro: How Trump’s attack on public media threatens democracy and access to information

Nadia Zyiad, The Metro, Robyn Vincent June 10, 2025

President Trump is taking direct aim at NPR and PBS—threatening to cut a billion-dollar lifeline from America's public airwaves. He...

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The Metro: Detroit’s Mayoral Candidates face off over transit issues at public forum

Lauren Myers, The Metro, Alex McLenon June 9, 2025

After serving in office for more than a decade, Mike Duggan is in his final term as mayor of Detroit....

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