The Metro: Data centers, coming to a community near you
In late 2024, Michigan lawmakers voted to provide tax breaks for large data centers. Since then, local officials across Michigan...
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The Metro: Data centers, coming to a community near you
In late 2024, Michigan lawmakers voted to provide tax breaks for large data centers. Since then, local officials across Michigan...
The Metro: Mary Sheffield unveils neighborhood-first vision in State of City address
Detroit is often broken into two camps: Downtown and the neighborhoods. At last night’s state of the city address, Detroit...
The Metro: Why one sports fan is opening a bar dedicated to women’s sports
Alissa Graff found out, despite the growing interest in women's leagues, she would still need to fight for screen time...
The Metro: Why one local court doesn’t want poor people to pay more for justice
Many of the systems designed to keep us safe sometimes harm the most vulnerable among us. That's often true of...
The Metro: Metro Detroiters attend third ‘No Kings’ protests
Tens of thousands of metro Detroiters took to the streets to take part in another "No Kings" protest, where they...
The Metro: School vaccine waivers increase risk of measles outbreaks
Seven people are confirmed to have contracted measles in Washtenaw County with exposure sites in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, and Canton....
The Metro: Can interfaith conversations bring Muslim and Jewish communities together?
It's an intense time of political polarization in the United States. With wars taking place across the Middle East and...
The Metro: How sports challenge the boundaries of American society
This year marks 150 years of Major League Baseball. In that time, baseball like every sport, has become intertwined with...
The Metro: Abbas Alawieh on Lebanon, loss and speaking up
There’s a phone call that some people in metro Detroit are dreading right now, one where you find out the...
The Metro: A metro Detroit rabbi says this isn’t the time for difficult political conversations
About one month ago, Israel and America struck Iran. Now, Israel has enmeshed itself in more violence. In Iran, about...
The Metro: Men are getting vasectomies at record rates, but do they really understand reproductive health?
In 2022, the Supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade which eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion for pregnant people....
The Metro: Why several liberal initiatives failed to reach the 2026 ballot
Michigan, like the rest of the country, has faced polarizing political winds. Because of all the disagreement, fewer policies are...