Labor Lessons from the Flint Sit-Down Strike
The strike, which helped guide the UAW to prominence in the twentieth century, provides a blueprint for better working conditions and a revival of the middle class.
The strike, which helped guide the UAW to prominence in the twentieth century, provides a blueprint for better working conditions and a revival of the middle class.
On the city’s long history of industrial pollution, and how Ted Cruz gets it wrong.
A Q&A with 100 Days in Appalachia reporter Chris Jones, who was there.
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
A land acknowledgement, plus ten stories from the archives on Indigenous life in the region.
Pennsylvania has always defied easy categorization. That's what makes it so great.
Trump, militias, and the long history of voter intimidation and violence in the Midwest.
The city illustrates, starkly, the challenges and opportunities of the country in 2020.
Landmarks in Indiana's Steel City still bear the names of corrupt officials.
In June, Ohio legislators refused to ban confederate memorabilia from county fairs. The state has long had a complicated relationship with the confederacy.
"Juneteenth is a joyful ritual of collective memory and cultural cohesion."
Commentary: A goodbye letter to the city.