Black Freedom, Black Joy: A Juneteenth Reading List
Honoring Black joy and freedom struggles in the Rust Belt.
In Hudson, Ohio, Whose History Matters?
A recent event highlights the messiness of the town’s white-dominated abolitionist narrative.
Rust Belt Pride
A queer Rust Belt reading list.
More Ohio Vaccine Incentives
Yesterday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine unveiled a million-dollar vaccine lottery. Here are some other ideas.
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.
Why Pittsburgh Needs the Paris Agreement
On the city’s long history of industrial pollution, and how Ted Cruz gets it wrong.
What Really Happened at the Capitol on January 6?
A Q&A with 100 Days in Appalachia reporter Chris Jones, who was there.
The Best of Belt Magazine 2020
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
New & Improved Names for the Cleveland Baseball Team
How about those hats?
The Rust Belt is Indigenous Land
A land acknowledgement, plus ten stories from the archives on Indigenous life in the region.
The Keystone State is Ringing
Pennsylvania has always defied easy categorization. That's what makes it so great.
Armed, Angry Men
Trump, militias, and the long history of voter intimidation and violence in the Midwest.