Rust Belt Refugees – February 2015
Many from the Midwest have relocated for one reason or another, but many have never fully acclimated to their new home away from home. These February 2015 profiles tell the story of Rust Belt refugees.
Harvard and Cleveland
After college, I returned to Cleveland and hung out at Case Western Reserve University as much as possible. I wanted to stay in the college bubble. I wasn’t ready for the world. I helped my dad in the real estate business, and that was too real.
Car Bombs To Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology
Rust Belt Chic Press is excited to announce the latest book in our catalog, Car Bombs To Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology edited by Jacqueline Marino & Will Miller.
SGS Presents: Behind The Sign, Episode #2
At first glance, West 65th Street, between Clark and Denison, tells a story of neglect. There were once kill plants and cattle yards, then came a box store and strip retail that supplied landfills with furry plastic and leisurewear;
What Philip Levine’s Work Is
Philip Levine’s father came to the United States from Russia, traveling across the ocean all by himself at age eleven. He grew up in New York City with two older sisters and their families. His path to Detroit was an extraordinary one ...
How To Make A Building Fall
One Saturday morning when I was eight, my dad took my brother and me downtown to watch a building get blown up. Thousands of people came out to celebrate the event, as strange as that sounds.
Why Is West Virginia Harming Its Craft Distilleries?
Bloomery, a local distillery in Charles Town, West Virginia is, as residents will tell you, a state treasure. But it has recently shuttered its doors due a dispute with the WVABCA due to an absurdly harmful twist to their liquor license ...
The Avondale Horror: Cincinnati’s 1884 Burking Murders
On the night of February 15, 1884, the Avondale dairy farmer Louis Mills saw the glow of fire on the northwest horizon. The waning moon had yet to rise, so the night was otherwise dark and the orange dome foreboding.
Numbers Now Say Burke Is Really No Longer Needed
There are times when Mark Twain was right, that numbers are lies and damn lies and all that, but there are others times when the numbers line up so pointedly that they connect the dots in a way that no verbal argument ever could.
Auto Endeavor: A Photo Collection by Serhii Chrucky
This collection of black-and-white film photographs taken by Serhii Chrucky surveys automotive-oriented environments in the Northern Rust Belt between 2003-2008.
Harvey & Me: Let’s Just Wait
The first installment of Harvey & Me, a comic series appearing in Belt, written by Anne Elizabeth Moore and Illustrated by Melissa Mendes.
Michigan’s Great Leap Backward
The word “vagina” first brought national attention to Michigan’s conservative state legislature. It was uttered by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown during a debate on a bill to regulate abortion clinics by requiring doctors to screen women ...