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The Metro: Why some Detroiters are missing out on a key opportunity to build wealth

Sam Corey, The Metro November 25, 2025

Home ownership is considered to be a critical piece of the American Dream. Wealth is often passed down from generation...

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America’s Thanksgiving Parade is ready to roll

Pat Batcheller November 25, 2025

Detroit loves a parade. Hundreds of thousands of people line Woodward Avenue each Thanksgiving to watch a stream of floats,...

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In The Groove: Flowers for Jimmy Cliff, celebrating The Pharcyde’s debut album, new music from Charlotte Day Wilson

Ryan Patrick Hooper November 24, 2025

One of the busiest shows… ever? I didn’t want to start the week with a major death, but Jimmy Cliff—the...

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  • The Metro

The Metro: She looked at the waste stream and saw a lifeline

The Metro, Robyn Vincent November 20, 2025

The recent pause in SNAP benefits has pushed hunger back into the headlines. Families who were already stretching every dollar...

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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Remembering the music of Todd Snider, Detroit-based artist Via Mardot at Lager House this Friday

Ryan Patrick Hooper November 19, 2025

A very busy show today! Diving into a world of new music with Mac DeMarco, pôt-pot, Smerz, Glyders and more. ...

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Sheffield team says all of city’s stakeholders are helping design new mayoral administration

Quinn Klinefelter November 18, 2025

Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield is shaping her administration’s personnel and policy priorities.A group of 18 committees will advise Sheffield about...

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In The Groove: Morgan Nagler’s excellent ‘Cradle The Pain,’ Robyn returns to up your ‘Dopamine’

Ryan Patrick Hooper November 17, 2025

New week, new music from Perfume Genius, Lady Wray, Chronixx, Morgan Nadler and more. Check the playlist below and listen...

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The Metro: The case for a Detroit land conservancy

Sam Corey, The Metro November 17, 2025

Detroit has finally started to regain some population, but it has a long way to go. And that means there’s...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance
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The Metro: Why more people don’t know about Michigan’s first Black congressmember

Sam Corey November 14, 2025

Detroit has a number of famous representatives. Representatives John Dingell, labor leader Patrick McNamara, and Congressmember John Conyers.  Charles Diggs...

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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Celeste’s stunning voice, plus new music from Glyders & Yellow Days

Ryan Patrick Hooper November 14, 2025

Scoping out new music from Glyders, a psyched-out trio from Chicago on Drag City, plus Yellow Days is back with...

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The Metro: Detroit’s culture, mystery, and memory — now in puzzle form

The Metro, Robyn Vincent November 13, 2025

Walk through Detroit long enough and the city starts talking to you — in murals, in corner bars, in the...

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The Metro: Filmmaker of Detroit documentary wants his art to heal

Sam Corey, The Metro November 12, 2025

Detroit has changed a lot in the last two decades.  There’s more investment in the downtown and midtown areas. There...

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