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Wayne State University campus, fall 2024.
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The Metro: New public health school emerging at Wayne State University

Robyn Vincent, Nadia Ziyad, The Metro June 18, 2025

Wayne State University is opening the city’s first standalone School of Public Health. The school is designed to train health...

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FILE - Former Detroit police chief James Craig.
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The Metro: Ex-chief Craig returns to Detroit politics with outsider bid for mayor

Robyn Vincent, The Metro, Sam Corey June 18, 2025

Come November, Detroit residents will decide who will lead the city into its next chapter. Nine candidates and a write-in...

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The Metro: Assassination shakes democracy as political violence rises in America

Nadia Ziyad, The Metro, Robyn Vincent June 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. On Saturday, as millions of...

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Detroit mayoral candidate and businessman Joel Haashiim joins The Metro at WDET Studios, June 17, 2025.
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The Metro: Mayoral candidate Joel Haashiim fights for Detroit grassroots power

Robyn Vincent, The Metro, Sam Corey, Lauren Myers June 17, 2025

There are a few candidates running as outsiders in Detroit’s mayoral election. They say they aren’t typical politicians and that...

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Detroiters gather to protest with homemade signs and flags.
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The Metro: Immigrants face arrest at hearings as Trump policies spark nationwide protests

Robyn Vincent, The Metro June 16, 2025

We’re coming off a powerful weekend of action. Millions of people in hundreds of cities were united in “No Kings”...

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

Nadia Ziyad, The Metro, Lauren Myers, Cary Junior II 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

Nadia Ziyad, The Metro, Lauren Myers, Tia Graham, Cary Junior II 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

Nadia Ziyad, The Metro, Lauren Myers, 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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The Metro: Mayoral candidate Rogelio Landin on growing Detroit and more

Robyn Vincent, The Metro, Sam Corey, Lauren Myers 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
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The Metro: American Jewish identity and the weight of rising antisemitism

The Metro, Lauren Myers, 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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Homeless person sleeping outside.
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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

The Metro, Lauren Myers, 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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