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A Complicated Heritage of Coal
In southern Illinois, one community’s complex relationship with the industry on display.
A Complicated Heritage of Coal
In southern Illinois, one community’s complex relationship with the industry on display.
Featured Stories
SUMMER OF ’69
Oral Histories of the 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire
The events of June 1969 have come to define both Cleveland and the river. Some Clevelanders have a different story.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Eight Gardens
On family, community, and gardening as social practice.
POETRY
Elegy for Bridge 9340
"Steel trusses & gusset plates gave way:/Splintered concrete bones, somersaults//Of beams"
SUMMER OF ’69
Inside the St. Louis Rent Strike of 1969
“It touched everybody all over the country who lived in public housing.” [From "The St. Louis Anthology"]
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More Stories
Cleaving
"I unfold my maps and trace my finger / across searching for the most authentic-looking / ruins."
Remembering WOXY and the Modern Rock 500
A Memorial Day tradition that chronicled the music of an era.
When Socialists Swept Milwaukee
Democratic socialists attending the 2020 Democratic Convention won't be out of place in a city with a long history of socialist governance.
The End of a World as I Knew It
On childhood summers at a black enclave in Michigan, and the moment everything changed.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Affordable Housing Project
American System-Built Homes in Chicago (and elsewhere).
Scheherazaden: On the Power of Women’s Stories
Stories, recounted and repeated and insisted upon, accumulate.
Still Life, Ohio Valley
"In early morning the tributaries / at Pittsburgh meld, then flow on / for centuries"
When Will Cleveland Fix its Lead Problem?
Two groups are sparring over timelines for addressing issues in the city's aging neighborhoods.
Chicago’s First Nations Garden
“While this is a space for Native people to use, to heal our traumas...[it's also] a space so we can outreach to the greater Chicago community."
Just Downriver from Detroit
"During my visits to to the nursing home, Dad and I have sometimes settled into chairs to time-travel through a photo album."
Minneapolis by Segway
"There was always a sense of something missing, a story still jumbled and incomplete..." From "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology."
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From the Archives
How Michigan’s Municipal Policies Led To Crises In Detroit and Flint
Michigan has the most decrepit cities in the United States...It’s not just a result of neglect. It’s a result of policy.
Calls for Submissions
Call for Submissions: Youngstown Anthology (2nd Edition)
Announcing an anthology of stories from Youngstown, Ohio, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Reimagining Rust Belt Infrastructure
In search of features, essays, and commentary on the connections between infrastructure and issues of climate, environment, equity, and democracy in the region.
Call for Submissions: INseparable
In search of features, essays, and poems that engage with the relationships between rural, urban, and suburban places in Indiana.
