Sam Corey

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WDET is 'rooting' itself in environmental reporting with tree canopy project - WDET 101.9 FM

1 day ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey |Amanda LeClaire

WDET is embarking on a new project exploring the multifaceted relationship between trees and community health in Michigan. Amanda Le Claire, lead reporter and managing editor of the tree project, joined The Metro on Earth Day to talk about Detroit’s tree canopy and some of the most recent stories produced by the WDET newsroom.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed enters US Senate race in Michigan

1 week ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey |Robyn Vincent

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. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed declared Thursday morning he is running for the state’s open Senate seat next year. El-Sayed, who is running as a Democrat, previously served as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services for Wayne County. Before that, he ran for governor in 2018 and lost in the primary to now-Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Former US Attorney Barb McQuade on Trump’s defiance of court orders

1 week ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey |Robyn Vincent

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 of El Salvador who has lived in Maryland for the past 15 years — ignoring a federal court order forbidding his removal. Garcia, who was detained for alleged association with the MS-13 gang, is now being detained at the Center for Terrorism Confinement in El Salvador.
How auto tariffs will affect Michigan consumers, workers

1 week ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey

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 you get your podcasts. This is on many people’s minds as tariffs could hamper the state’s auto industry. Auto suppliers and advocates are concerned tariffs will devastate their businesses. Meanwhile, automakers worry they’ll drive up the cost of cars and reduce sales.
Gov. Whitmer talks tariffs at the Detroit Economic Club

1 week ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke at a Detroit Economic Club event on Monday. Whitmer also met with President Donald Trump last week in Washington D.C., trying to ensure that Michigan receives federal help to restore power in northern Michigan after severe ice storms in late March. But tariffs, and how Michigan is navigating economic uncertainty, were also a focus at the White House and the DEC event.
A professor’s thoughts on reforming DEI at universities

1 week ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the U.S. are under threat. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating more than 50 universities with DEI programs and has threatened to cut funding for those that don’t remove them. The University of Michigan is among many schools that scrapped its DEI initiatives in response to the political pressure. But not everyone is caving.
Navigating an uncertain stock market

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey |David Leins |Robyn Vincent

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Economists are describing what’s happening in the markets as volatile. President Donald Trump placed double-digit tariffs on many countries around the world last week, including those in Europe, China and Japan, among others. After these actions, the markets tanked. Over two days the stock market lost over $6 trillion.
The Metro: Changes underway on Monroe Street in Greektown

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Greektown Neighborhood Partnership is working on a “Monroe Streetscape Transformation Project.” The project would allow the partnership to occasionally close down certain streets to cars and make them more people-friendly. Some of these changes include expanding pedestrian zones, large landscaping projects, increasing lighting for visibility and new signature signage.
Attorney representing pro-Palestine protester detained at Detroit Metro Airport

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey |Robyn Vincent

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many free speech advocates are alarmed as the Trump administration revokes visas for hundreds of international students. Those students could face deportation for committing traffic violations or participating in political activism. In both circumstances, this kind of federal action is rare. Students are always at risk of losing their status for criminal convictions, but rarely for political demonstrations.
Political pressure is ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Sam Corey

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Diversity, equity and inclusion is going away. It’s been the story for businesses and colleges in America over the last month. With pressure from the Trump administration and from the U.S. Department of Education, the University of Michigan and a number of other universities have removed their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices. But it’s not just the White House that doesn’t like DEI.