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The floor of The Peacock Room Boutique is rife with vintage treasures. Tables are covered with jewelry displays and a fashionable mannequin stands with a dark patterned evening dress. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
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The Metro: The importance of shopping small and supporting local economies

John Filbrandt, Robyn Vincent, Cary Junior II, The Metro March 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. You’ve probably heard the saying “small businesses are the backbone of...

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Southwest Airlines airplane
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The Metro: Experts say flying still safe despite recent plane crashes having some on edge

Robyn Vincent, The Metro, David Leins March 5, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. If you are nervous about flying right now, you’re likely not...

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Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko announcing the district's new program offering iftar meals for students to take home during the month of Ramadan.
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Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Public Schools offering take home meals to students observing Ramadan

Sascha Raiyn March 4, 2025

Dearborn Public Schools is providing free meals for students to take home for iftar, the break fast meal during the...

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Ameneh Marhaba opened the African fusion pop-up Little Liberia in 2016.
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The Metro: Exploring connections between food and culture with Detroit area chefs

The Metro, Trevor McConico, Sam Corey March 4, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There are many religious rituals and traditions practiced around the world...

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DTE Headquarters in downtown Detroit.
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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit utilities could face significant penalties

Nargis Rahman March 3, 2025

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover new incentives for utilities to improve reliability. Plus, construction begins on I-696...

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Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd sits in her office
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Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd is Michigan’s next poet laureate

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 3, 2025

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd has been selected as Michigan's third poet laureate. Boyd is an award-winning author and retired professor...

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Detroit lacrosse coach Liam McElroy holds traditional and contemporary lacrosse sticks at WDET Studios, Monday, March 3, 2025.
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The Metro: The past and present of the indigenous sport lacrosse in Detroit

The Metro, Tia Graham March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Long before this city was home to gator shoes, Ford...

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The Metro: License plate cameras at Ferndale-Detroit border creating controversy

John Filbrandt, The Metro, Lauren Myers March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Detroit Documenters have been taking notes on growing tensions in...

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Crews continue to work on the water main break in Southwest Detroit.
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The Metro: Repairing the broken water main in Southwest Detroit

The Metro, Sam Corey March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s been two weeks since streets and basements flooded on Beard...

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Stock photo of people looking at their smartphones.
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The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?

Cary Junior II, The Metro, David Leins, Trevor McConico March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...

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Iola Corbett holds up a copy of her book, "Growing Up Muslim"
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Detroiter Iola Corbett shares her journey through Detroit, meeting Malcolm X and becoming a union president

Nargis Rahman February 28, 2025

February is Black History Month and WDET’s Detroit Evening Report is collecting Black History stories from listeners.Iola Corbett, also known...

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A family in Dearborn's Southend on their front porch. This photograph is featured in "Seeing the Southend" at the Arab American National Museum.
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The Metro: New exhibit shows the power and purpose of seeing Arab Americans as ordinary

Robyn Vincent, The Metro February 27, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. For many Arab Americans in Southeast Michigan, Dearborn is a point...

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