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The Metro: Detroit Reparations Task Force seeking input from residents for next report

Jack Filbrandt, The Metro April 21, 2025

The Detroit Reparations Task Force is looking for input from residents as they’re preparing its June report for city council....

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(From left) Bottom Line Executive Director Danielle North, Metro co-host Tia Graham, and Black Male Educators Alliance Founder Curtis Lewis at WDET Studios, April 21, 2025.
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The Metro: Black boys are attending college less

The Metro, Cary Junior II, Tia Graham April 21, 2025

There are more women attending college in the U.S. than men, enrollment data shows.  And more women have college degrees...

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The Metro: Congresswoman Tlaib on improving Black maternal health outcomes

The Metro, Tia Graham, Sam Corey April 21, 2025

 The United States spends more on health care costs than any other rich nation, yet maternal death rates remain...

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An Egyptian musician on "Cairo Street," at the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893.
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The Metro: Untold tales of Arab American life in metro Detroit

The Metro, Robyn Vincent April 21, 2025

Some of the first Arabs came to Detroit by way of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The fair recreated far...

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Dr. Mona Hanna joins The Metro to talk about Rx Kids, a program that provides financial support to pregnant women, now expanding to Wayne County.
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The Metro: A prescription for poverty — program paying pregnant moms expands to Wayne County

Jack Filbrandt, The Metro, Robyn Vincent, Tia Graham April 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The U.S. health care system has failed to take care of...

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A long row of unsold 2024 Atlas utility vehicles is shown Sunday, July 28, 2024, at a Volkswagen dealership in Denver.
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The Metro: Auto industry taking an economic turn due to tariffs

The Metro, Sam Corey April 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The stock market has rebounded somewhat since last week, but there...

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WDET intern Natalie Albrecht and Metro co-host Tia Graham pose with Neil Rubin, honorary chairperson of Bookstock, at WDET Studios.
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The Metro: Bookstock, Detroit’s largest used-book sale, supporting literacy initiatives across the state

The Metro, Lauren Myers, Tia Graham April 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. As spring arrives, so does Bookstock — Michigan’s largest used book...

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The Metro: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed enters US Senate race in Michigan

The Metro, Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent April 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The race for the U.S. Senate in Michigan is heating up. ...

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Residents walk through a native meadow established in Detroit's Poletown East neighborhood by the Detroit Bird Alliance.
  • Environment
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The Metro: Nonprofit aims to conserve bird habitats in metro Detroit

Jack Filbrandt, The Metro, Tia Graham, Robyn Vincent April 16, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Global warming and climate change poses a significant threat to two-thirds...

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Former U.S. Attorney General for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara McQuade at WDET Studios.
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The Metro: Former US Attorney Barb McQuade on Trump’s defiance of court orders

The Metro, Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent April 16, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Last month, the U.S. government deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a native...

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Legendary Detroit producer and beat maker J Dilla (James Yancey) would have been 50 years old on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
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The Metro: Legendary hip-hop producer J Dilla’s music still beating in Detroit

The Metro, Lauren Myers, Tia Graham, Cary Junior II April 16, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Detroit’s musical legacy has left an undeniable mark on the industry....

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The Metro: Labor professor says Trump tariffs’ impact on autoworkers ‘will be very painful’ to watch

The Metro, Sam Corey April 16, 2025

What will Michigan’s economy look like one year from now? How about just six months? Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever...

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