Hospital Withdrawal
Why some people with opioid use disorder avoid going to the hospital.
Fighting Fentanyl
The synthetic opioid adds an additional challenge to treating drug use and overdoses in Michigan.
Disappearing Act
Prison gerrymandering is distorting democracy in states across the Midwest and nationwide, leaving incarcerated people with inequitable representation—or none at all.
Cleveland’s Environmental Justice Hotspots
New maps reveal patterns of inequality in Cuyahoga County.
In the Shadow of Lincoln Yards
A $5 billion development threatens one of Chicago's most beloved venues—and much more.
“Tired of Going to Funerals”: The 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary
The landmark assembly led to the formation of a National Black Agenda.
West Virginia’s ‘Recovery Boys’
A photo essay from Jacob’s Ladder, a residential addiction recovery program in the rural community of Aurora, West Virginia.
The Word Collector
For nearly fifty years, Ray Young Bear has been assembling poems, novels, and essays on the Meskwaki Tribal Settlement. Now, at sixty-eight, he just might be doing his best work yet.
A Short History of Cleveland’s Flats
The Flats is now touted as an entertainment district, but this development comes at the cost of forgetting Cleveland’s industrial past along the banks of the Cuyahoga.
The Future of the Great Lakes
In an era of climate change and corporate extraction, what will it take to manage the Great Lakes?
Is Food the Key to This Small Pennsylvania Town’s Economic Revival?
Bellevue, PA is ripe for a resurgence. Can it be sustainable?
Preserving Black Artists’ Legacies in Pittsburgh
A photo and interview series exploring how black artists living in a rapidly-changing Pittsburgh see themselves and their work.