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  • Reed - George Floyd Memorial at 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis, MN.

Solidarity, Trauma, and a Moment of Relief in Minneapolis

Snapshots from the streets of Minnesota, where the fight is far from over.

Andrea Ellen Reed2021-05-14T10:14:56-04:00April 23, 2021|
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Welcome to Buffalo

A photographer reflects on the Black communities that have shaped his life in Buffalo, New York.

Derrick Carr2021-03-17T13:59:22-04:00February 26, 2021|
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Twilight in Grand Rapids

A photographer’s exploration of the city she calls home, in its quietest hours.

Emily Najera2021-02-26T12:02:15-05:00January 13, 2021|
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  • Sissac - Election Day

Election Week Through the Lenses of Black Women

Snapshots of the 2020 election from five photographers across the Rust Belt.

Belt Magazine2020-12-04T11:00:01-05:00November 6, 2020|
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How Chef Chanell Hale is Feeding Her Community in a Pandemic

A look inside the Chicago operation where Hale and her team cook and deliver hundreds of meals per week.

Lily Qi2020-09-25T11:15:51-04:00September 11, 2020|
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  • Reich - Appalachia 13

Path Dependency (Or, Appalachia is Not Post-Industrial)

How the region's industrial history continues to shape contemporary life.

Chad J. Reich2021-04-02T12:52:20-04:00July 30, 2020|
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Portraits of Gary, Indiana

Photographs of everyday life for young people in the city.

Raymar Brunson2020-08-27T13:50:43-04:00June 18, 2020|
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  • Pittsburgh - Smallwood

Protest and Power

Scenes from a moment of reckoning.

Belt Magazine2020-09-10T11:09:30-04:00June 5, 2020|
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  • Vanka Mural 1

The Restoration of Maxo Vanka’s Working-Class, Immigrant Murals

On the walls of a Pittsburgh-area church, twenty-five scenes of God, war, justice, family.

Margaret Shakespeare2020-08-27T13:53:29-04:00May 15, 2020|
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Top Stories of 2019

Ten stories our readers kept coming back to.

Belt Magazine2020-01-13T12:18:42-05:00December 27, 2019|
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Black Lives and a River Road

Tracing water, memory and change through Black experiences along and near Route 65.

Njaimeh Njie2019-12-13T11:17:39-05:00November 21, 2019|
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  • Sarah-Ji - CTU Strike 1

“On Strike for Better Schools”

Photos from the Chicago Teachers Union strike.

Rebecca Burns2019-11-12T10:11:27-05:00October 25, 2019|
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