Without a permit from Ohio EPA, a major gas processing facility threatens a family farm
By Justin Nobel The perfect farm life that Pete and Micki Rockenhauser had crafted for themselves and their four-year-old son, [...]
Ahead of midterm elections, the Ohio ACLU takes gerrymandering reform a step further, filing a lawsuit declaring Ohio’s current congressional map unconstitutional
By Rose Broderick; additional reporting (on the interactive map) by Ariel Miller Data Visualization by Kevin Huber On May 8, [...]
On the wrong side of the digital divide in Cleveland, OH
By Afi Scruggs If it wasn’t for his telephone, David Rosario wouldn’t have a job. Rosario, 29, works part time [...]
Belt Magazine Live: With New America Chicago, a panel discussion about discrimination in the VC world
By Steve Friess Photography by Jesus Montero Earlier this month, Belt Magazine and New America Chicago held a live panel discussion [...]
‘This Land Is My Heart’: A mother and daughter’s 34-day stand against the Mountain Valley Pipeline
By Mason Adams Photography by Will Solis Flowing water saturates the Terry family property, which sits atop Bent Mountain roughly [...]
Despite the NCAA ban on ‘hostile’ Native American mascots, Chief Illinewek still reigns at U. Illinois
By Jonathan Foiles Chief Illiniwek, former longtime official mascot of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Fighting Illini, last made [...]
A wind farm on Lake Erie? If only Ohio pols, and some environmental activists, too, would get out of the way.
By Justin Nobel Icebreaker Wind, a promising Lake Erie wind energy project — which would be the first freshwater wind [...]
On Tuesday, Ohioans vote on gerrymandering reform; Here, an interactive on what you need to know
Text and Data Visualization by Kevin Huber Additional reporting by Ariel Miller In presidential politics, Ohio is known as the [...]
Under Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac, ‘it’s a disaster waiting to happen’
The evening of April 1, workers at the American Transmission Company noticed that two of its cables, which transmit electricity [...]
In Racine County, neatly maintained homes and dream houses are being designated ‘blighted’ to make way for Foxconn
By Lawrence Tabak Photography by Kevin J. Miyazaki On the evening of March 20 a full room of Racine County [...]
As the four-year anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis approaches, Flint residents are still suffering, and the state continues to pull its resources
By Jiquanda Johnson Photo by Brittany Greeson Each week Tia Simpson travels throughout the city of Flint, Michigan, to restock [...]
Michigan State University Is Botching its Reputation-Rehab
By Steve Friess The chairman of Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees said he had to get something off his [...]