Belt’s Top Stories of 2022
By Ed Simon This year, Belt Magazine has ranged over quite a lot of topics – the corner stores of [...]
Wild and Wonderful Folklore of West Virginia
"Folklore is living and breathing, always evolving, and part of contemporary life—the twist you add to an heirloom recipe, a lullaby sung to a child at bedtime, the in-jokes that emerge among families, the vocabulary unique to a particular occupation, the beloved foodways of a certain place, the meme altered and shared among friends."
When Labor Solidarity is a Game
Cooperative games don’t have to be cooperative just amongst players around a table, that cooperation can be the solidarity players feel (and act on) for workers.
The Knocking Spirits of Upstate New York [Excerpt]
In nineteenth-century upstate New York, demons came knocking.
Belt’s 2022 Fall Fund Drive!
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Work With Us: Engagement Editor [Remote]
Belt is hiring an engagement editor to help shape the future of the publication.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania: The Most American Place on Earth
The meme-able turnpike is a nexus of American culture.
Eating Local with the Pennsylvania Dutch
In rural Pennsylvania, an underrated and distinctive regional cuisine.
The Rise of Pennsylvania’s Everyday Left
Candidates like John Fetterman and Summer Lee are charting a more progressive future for Democrats.
City of Cod
In Pittsburgh, Lenten fish fries remain a proudly local, idiosyncratic, and fraternal tradition.
Ukrainian Pittsburgh in Five Acts
Pittsburgh and Ukraine are inextricably linked—in history, culture, and spirit.
Pittsburgh’s Broken Bridge is a Warning Sign
The now-collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge is a marker of what’s at stake in the infrastructure fight—and how far we have to go.