Midwest Lit: the new nostalgia
Midwestern novels used to bring some news from the territory -- today midwest lit is a nostalgic thing.
Is There a Better Way to Save Historic Buildings That Everybody Wants to Save?
By Laura Putre Fifth Church had a whole neighborhood on its side. 25 years of fight later, it's coming down.
Remediating the Past and Writing the Future in Flint
Most auto jobs in Flint are gone, but the city is still saddled with unhappy souvenirs of an industrial past. What comes next for the Vehicle City?
The Lost Movie Palaces of Youngstown
The rise and fall (and slight return) of a Rust Belt city's historic movie theatres.
Rust Belt Recovery: The Story of Addiction and Rehab in Cleveland
The intertwined stories of substance abuse and sobriety in the Rust Belt.
Belt’s Instant Rust Belt Film Festival
Imagine we reopened the great movie palaces of the Rust Belt for a day. What movies would we show?
The Secret History of Chief Wahoo
Most of what we think we know about Chief Wahoo is wrong. A look into the record reveals a hidden history to Cleveland's controversial baseball logo.
The Surprising Past and Bright Future of Singing Societies
The surprising past and bright future of choral music and men's singing groups in the Rust Belt.
The Grapes of Hough
Meet Mansfield Frazier, the architect of a vineyard and underground greenhouse in an unlikely corner of Cleveland.
How to Make It in the Rust Belt
Snapshots of six start-ups—ranging from handbags to heavy metal—injecting energy into the Rust Belt's manufacturing sector.
Train Dreams, Part 3
The final installment in our history of the Cleveland's Van Sweringen brothers, their billion-dollar empire, and sudden demise.
A Sense of What a City Was: A History of Rust Belt Alt-Weeklies
The fast times and hard lives of alt-weekly newspapers in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati.