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The Metro: New MOCAD exhibit to highlight contributions of Black tech innovators

Tia Graham, The Metro April 28, 2025

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) is unveiling a new exhibition next month to help shine a light on...

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The Metro: Political analysts say Canada’s federal election is the most important in decades

The Metro, Jerome Vaughn April 28, 2025

Just across the Detroit River in Windsor and throughout Canada, voters are headed to the polls to cast their ballots...

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The Metro: What Detroit’s next mayor should run on

The Metro, Robyn Vincent, Sam Corey April 24, 2025

For the first time since he won the role 12 years ago, Mayor Mike Duggan will not be on the...

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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for an affordable housing project in Ferndale, Mich. on Aug. 23, 2023.
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The Metro: US Rep. Haley Stevens on why she’s running for Senate

The Metro, Robyn Vincent April 24, 2025

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens launched her U.S. Senate campaign on Tuesday — joining a growing crowd of candidates vying for...

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Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) and forward Tobias Harris (12) high-five at the end of Game 2 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks, Monday, April 21, 2025, in New York.
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The Metro: Detroit Pistons’ journey from the league’s worst team to the playoffs

Tia Graham, The Metro, Cary Junior II April 24, 2025

The Detroit Pistons have local sports fans buzzing going into Game 3 of the team's first-round series against the New...

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Dearborn Director of Public Health Ali Abazeed (right) speaks about the installation of a NARCAN vending machine in the lobby of the city's transit center, Nov. 16, 2022.
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The Metro: What’s behind Dearborn’s drastic drop in fatal overdoses?

The Metro, Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent April 23, 2025

Overdose deaths have been falling nationally, statewide and now locally.  Last year, at the national level, these kinds of deaths...

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
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The Metro: Demystifying and fighting misinformation about autism and those who have it

The Metro, Robyn Vincent April 23, 2025

Many have criticized U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in recent weeks for making sweeping claims about the cause...

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Fashion Revolution Week is being celebrated worldwide this week to raise awareness about the importance of responsibly-made fashion.
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The Metro: Detroit Fashion Revolution Week aims to reshape industry toward sustainability

Tia Graham, The Metro, Cary Junior II April 23, 2025

The world of fashion is under pressure. Sales have slowed in recent years. People are spending less on clothes due...

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The Metro: How children’s education impacts parental dementia risk

Tia Graham, The Metro, Sascha Raiyn April 23, 2025

Dementia affects more than six million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health, accounting for more than 100,000 deaths...

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The Metro: Michigan ends mandatory life sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds convicted of murder

The Metro, Sam Corey April 22, 2025

America delivers harsher criminal punishments than almost any other country. That harshness can be seen in our prison sentences, which...

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The Metro: Detroit Public Library is ready to help in many ways

Tia Graham, The Metro, Cary Junior II April 22, 2025

If you go to the library to borrow a book, you are just scratching the surface of all the tools...

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The Metro: Enjoy ‘Art in the Trees’ at Palmer Park in celebration of Earth Day

Tia Graham, The Metro April 22, 2025

The city of Detroit has a lot of concrete streets, slabs of road and old industrial buildings.  But green spaces...

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