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The view from a dune at Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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The Metro: Former Sleeping Bear Dunes superintendent warns of cuts to national parks, public lands

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 7, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Huge numbers of Americans took to the streets over the weekend...

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Scenes during the #HandsOff protest in Detroit on April 5, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Thousands join ‘Hands Off!’ demonstrations in Detroit and beyond

Russ McNamara, Nargis Rahman April 7, 2025

Several thousand protesters — unhappy with the Trump administration’s cuts to federal employees, mass deportations, and tariffs — marched down...

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FILE - The 2024 Ford F-150 truck is assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant, April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich.
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Analyst: Trump tariffs mean recession is likely for Michigan, Ontario

Russ McNamara April 4, 2025

Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even...

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Detroit has partnered with the nonprofit American Forests, and a number of other state and local conservation groups, on an initiative to grow more trees in the city.
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Detroit’s tree canopy is growing, despite federal funding cuts

Amanda LeClaire April 2, 2025

American Forests, the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit, says Detroit has planted 25,000 trees since launching a local tree equity partnership...

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FILE - Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington.
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Michigan union advocates react to Trump cuts, vow to fight against them

Russ McNamara April 2, 2025

President Donald Trump is attacking unions at the federal level in a way not seen since the Reagan administration. Claiming...

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Army veteran Justin Coates marches with protestors in Ann Arbor on Saturday, March 30, 2025.
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Public officials, veterans, union members protest federal cuts

Colin Jackson April 1, 2025

A few hundred people rallied outside a veterans hospital in Ann Arbor this weekend to protest federal cuts to the...

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College Debt Student Loans Piggy Bank Money 3.3.21
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The Metro: Access to college education via federal loans facing disruption

The Metro, Lauren Myers, David Leins March 26, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Student loan debt is massive in the U.S., totaling $1.7 trillion....

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the united states capitol building surrounded by trees
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WATCH LIVE: NPR, PBS heads answer lawmakers’ allegations of bias

WDET News, NPR March 26, 2025

The CEOs of NPR and PBS are appearing Wednesday before a House subcommittee on government efficiency, chaired by Republican Rep....

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A photo of Marine Corp Veteran and therapist Kevin Scott.
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The Metro: How will cuts to the VA and its services impact veterans?

The Metro, Cary Junior II March 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to restructure in early...

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent speaks during a panel discussion in November 2018.
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The Metro: ‘All students’ in Detroit public schools could feel impacts from Department of Education cuts

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education in the U.S. is facing upheaval. The Department of Education...

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Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency

Isabel Gil March 24, 2025

Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Trump order aims to dismantle US Department of Education; March Madness + more

Hernz Laguerre March 21, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education.Subscribe to the...

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