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FEATURE
When Internet Access is a Public Utility
In some Rust Belt communities, broadband access is provided by the municipal government.
When Internet Access is a Public Utility
In some Rust Belt communities, broadband access is provided by the municipal government.
Featured Stories
FIELD NOTES
Climate Resilience on Detroit’s East Side
How members of one neighborhood are addressing the effects of climate change on their community.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Returning to Pittsburgh
"For all the intervening years, Pittsburgh had lived in my memory...viewable but not touchable, sequestered behind a one-way mirror of time."
POETRY
Edith Farnsworth’s House
"Each season she arrived, / steering her car through uncut grasses / against the wishes / of the imposing architect"
PERSONAL HISTORY
Between Old House and New
Coming to terms with a complicated family legacy on an Illinois farm.
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More Stories
West Virginians Are Reinventing Broken Foodways
The current system is bulky, inequitable, and bad for the environment. Can small-scale cooperatives save it?
The Afterlives of the 1933 Century of Progress Homes
They were built to demonstrate the promise of home technology for the World's Fair. What happened to them?
How to Integrate a Chicago Neighborhood
In three (not so) easy steps.
Mike’s Big Ditch
For decades, Mike Kirwan was the loudest advocate for a proposed canal from the Ohio River to Lake Erie. But he couldn't close the deal.
An Appalachian Community in Transition
In the last fifty years, loss of coal industry and frequent flooding have driven people out of Sharpsburg, Ohio. But not everyone is ready to leave.
A Love Letter to Dayton
"When I became editor-in-chief of the city’s alt weekly, Dayton City Paper, it became my job to know Dayton intimately."
Is the Mississippi River Ready for Climate Change?
Decades beyond its intended lifespan, the river’s shipping infrastructure faces an uncertain future.
The Power and Possibility of Dayton’s Oregon District
An elegy for a wounded place.
Eastern Market and the Quest for Authenticity
In Detroit, changes to a historic market raise questions around equity and development.
A Conversation with Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killing
Kirsten Ginzky interviews the group's founder for Belt Publishing's "Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook."
Commemorating Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919
Photos of key sites and commemorative events on the 100th anniversary of Eugene Williams's murder.
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From the Archives
Unfertile Ground
On Toni Morrison, Black womanhood, and the Minnesota landscape.
Calls for Submissions
Call for Submissions: Black Midwest Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about the Black Midwest to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Lawrence Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories from Lawrence, Kansas, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Indianapolis Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories from Indianapolis, Indiana, to be published by Belt Publishing.
