The Ten Stories You Have Read The Most
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Belt Bets: Detroit, September 4-10
Friday, September 4 The annual Detroit Jazz Festival kicks off at Hart Plaza and stretches until Monday. Little-known fact: The [...]
Kick Out The Jams, Catholic School!
In 1968, the students returning to my suburban Detroit Catholic high school, Bishop Gallagher, had a surprise waiting for them: For the back-to-school dance that September, someone had booked the MC5
Most-Read Stories of 2015
As we head into the end of the fiscal year, we thought we'd check to see what you've been reading. Here are Belt's most read stories thus far in 2015.
Country and … Michigan? Flint’s Whitey Morgan Battles for the Soul of Country Music, One Gig at a Time
After an hour-long drive, Doug Suiter is sitting at high stool at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan, one hand on his knee and the other wrapped around a sixteen-ounce can of Bud Light, waiting to see if Whitey Morgan is the real deal.
The Brelo Verdict: Safety in Numbers for the Police
When the verdict came down Saturday in the Michael Brelo case—the case of the Cleveland police officer who found it necessary to fire 49 shots into a car, killing two unarmed people ...
Learning from Slavic Village: A Report from Ground Zero of the Foreclosure Crisis
When Anthony Trzaska hears or reads “Slavic Village” in news reports, he knows what is coming next.
From Chopin to Craft Beer : A Buffalo Skeptic Sees the Light
Stately, plump houses and maple trees line Porter Avenue en route from Buffalo’s Peace Bridge to Symphony Circle. The homes are old, but they are lived in and cared for.
Silence of the City: Why Isn’t Cleveland Speaking Out About Police Violence?
Hardly anyone noticed this last one. There were a few articles in the Plain Dealer and the national press jumped in a bit, and some of his friends and relatives did put some foil balloons and prayer candles on a telephone pole ...
Weekly Links Roundup
A roundup of links to important Rust Belt-related pieces from this past week.