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FEATURE
Madison, Indiana Wants to Be the Next ‘Music City’
The small river town might have the best per capita music scene in the country.
Madison, Indiana Wants to Be the Next ‘Music City’
The small river town might have the best per capita music scene in the country.
Featured Stories
ENVIRONMENT
#NoDAPL Fights On in Illinois
The state has a crucial role in the high-stakes fight to prevent DAPL from doubling its capacity.
COMMENTARY
The Great Rust Belt Property Tax Dilemma
A large percentage of the land in Cleveland and Pittsburgh is tax-exempt. What does this mean for the health and wealth of cities?
POETRY
Caucus Night
"We went last night to stand and/be counted at the high school/gymnasium."
PERSONAL HISTORY
Finding Refuge in Southwest Detroit
Since the early twentieth century, the area has been a safe haven for Latinx—including my family.
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More Stories
Could the Ohio River Have Rights?
A movement to grant rights to the environment tests the power of local control.
Rethinking ORSANCO
How the agency’s role as steadfast defender of the Ohio River has changed over time.
Things My Father Knew in Winter
He says, it was near midnight, a cargo run/on second shift--from Indy to some hamlet flung
Game Day at the Ohio Pen
Remembering the Ohio State Penitentiary Hurricanes—and the day my father played against them in 1965.
Halted Waters
The Seneca Nation and the building of the Kinzua Dam.
Watershed Politics
A Pittsburgh-area test case in working across political boundaries to address flooding.
After ICE
Life in a Guatemalan immigrant community in rural Ohio more than a year after nearby raids.
Return to Boomtowns
"This is your Gary, where hands grab at homecoming:/brown soldiers, sizzling streets, airwaves thick from a Motor City."
How Did Alleged Ukrainian Money Launderers Buy Up Downtown Cleveland?
And what does it mean for the city moving forward?
Somali Poetry Takes Minneapolis
In Minnesota, Somali youth poets are changing the game.
Richard Hatcher’s Gary
Remembering the life and leadership of one of the first Black mayors of a major American city. [Excerpted from "The Gary Anthology."]
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From the Archives
Disappearing Act
Prison gerrymandering is distorting democracy in states across the Midwest and nationwide, leaving incarcerated people with inequitable representation—or none at all.
News
Call for Submissions: A Sioux Falls Anthology
Belt Publishing will be compiling an anthology of essays about Sioux Falls in 2021/22 as part of its City Anthology series.
The Best of Belt Magazine 2019
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Call for Submissions: Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook
Announcing the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook, to be published by Belt Publishing.
