In 2021, Detroit residents voted to create a reparations task force. The goals include creating housing and economic programs to repair harms committed against Black Detroiters who have been city residents for at least 20 years. 

Cidney Calloway, co-chair of the Detroit Reparations Task Force, joined Robyn Vincent to discuss the harms the task force seeks to remedy in more detail.

A legendary Detroit band has been recognized with one of music industry’s highest honors. 

The White Stripes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month. With that distinction, the band is now alongside some of Detroit's greats, like Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, and Aretha Franklin.

The duo exploded onto the national scene in the early 2000s and  released six studio albums across ten years. Songs like “Blue Orchid,” “Icky Thump,” and the iconic stadium banger “Seven Nation Army” are examples of the raw textures and driving beats that characterize their approach to garage-punk. 

Meg and Jack eventually split after 2011 but their contributions to music in Detroit and America will be forever recognized.  Mike Latulippe, host of The Detroit Move on WDET, played with Jack White back in the day. He joined the program to discuss the band's legacy.

Trust in major news organizations is at an all time low.

According to a 2024 Gallup poll that has tracked trust in media for over 50 years, 30% of people said they do not trust mass media. Only 6% said they lack trust in the media when the survey was first taken in the 70s. 

When Danielle Brown, a professor of journalism at Michigan State University, asked Black communities in states like Michigan if they trusted the media, she discovered that they have their own trusted messengers for news. She joined the show to discuss her findings. 

AI data centers are rising across Michigan, promising jobs and investment while raising alarms about higher electric bills, strained water supplies, and new pressure on fossil-fuel plants.

Journalist Brian Allnutt joins Robyn Vincent on The Metro to unpack what’s driving the boom, what communities stand to gain or lose, and if this moment could reshape Michigan’s energy future.

In the years since the Supreme Court legalized sports betting across the nation, professional athletes have been in a lot of trouble.

Last month, Pistons legend Chauncey Billups was arrested in a wide-ranging federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker game schemes. His potential role in a plot with ties to the Mafia raised many eyebrows, including those of longtime sports journalist Jemele Hill.

Hill, a Detroit native and someone who has been covering professional sports for years, joins the show to share her thoughts on how betting is changing sports and how the allegations against Billups impact his legacy.

Detroit has a lot of vacant land — 18 square miles of it — that’s just sitting around. What should be done with it?

The local think tank Detroit Future City has an idea. They are creating a conservancy to protect and steward the land today and well into the future. Producer Sam Corey spoke with Kimberly Faison, the vice president for thriving and resilient neighborhoods and Sarah Hayosh, the director of land use and design for Detroit Future City.

Detroit has a number of famous representatives. Representatives John Dingell, labor leader Patrick McNamara, and Congressmember John Conyers. Charles Diggs, Jr. doesn’t often make these lists. But should he?

The first Black congressmember in Michigan, he worked with Martin Luther King, Jr, helped pass the Voting Rights Act, advocated for the end of apartheid in South Africa, and changed America's foreign policy stances toward many nations in Africa.

Why don’t more people know about him?  

Marion Orr is a professor of political science at Brown University. He spoke with Producer Sam Corey about his new book, "House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr."

Detroit is full of hidden stories, inside jokes, and places that mean more than they seem.

Two local puzzle makers captured that spirit in a new book of Detroit-themed crosswords. They join Cary Junior II to talk about friendship, creativity, and the joy of solving a city, square by square. 

Evidence of colonization in the United States is stored in filing cabinets and archives of bureaucracy, and is still evident in the U.S. government today.

Maggie Blackhawk, a scholar of colonialism, imperialism, and American Indian history joined The Metro to discuss what we can learn from the bureaucratic records of the past to better understand colonialism in the U.S. and Michigan.

Listen to The Metro weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET on 101.9 FM and streaming on demand.

Controversy among local leaders in Oakland County is brewing.

A Detroit Free Press investigation uncovered gaps in the county's laws that allowed multiple officials to engage in conduct that experts say is a conflict of interest. Commissioners in Oakland County voted on contracts for organizations where they were also employed.

Detroit Free Press investigative reporter Dave Boucher joined the show to explain why those gaps exist and how to close them.