RNC Watch
What happened this week on the road to Cleveland? Where's Donald? Trending topics on the official RNC website included "Hillary [...]
RNC Watch
Well. It's finally here. Summer that is, and along with it ... convention season. In just six weeks, thousands upon howevermany [...]
Michigan Supplies Teachers For Schools Across The Nation But What About Its Own Needs?
Andrea Parker was among the first job seekers to arrive at Michigan State University’s Teacher and Administrator Recruitment Fair on April 12.
Some Surprising Numbers From Cleveland
There were fewer people living in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood in 2013 than there were in 2000. That is one of many surprising facts in The Cleveland Foundation's The Pulse: A Look at Greater Cleveland by the Numbers.
Building An Art House In Pittsburgh
A few years ago, Vanessa German sat on her front porch working on the sculptures for which she’s become well known -- complex black Madonnas made of found objects.
From Steel to Slots: Bethlehem, PA’s Casino Capitalism
In August 2005, just off Bethlehem’s historic Main Street, two costumed gondoliers “with authentic Italian accents” set up a tent at the annual, vaguely German-themed, Musikfest outdoor concert festival.
Announcing Belt’s RNC Fellows
When we cooked up the idea of inviting journalists to come to Cleveland this summer for the Republican National Convention, we thought it would be a fun experiment ...
Where The River Burned
On April 22, 1970, schoolchildren from around metropolitan Cleveland sat in their classrooms and wrote to Mayor Carl Stokes. Over the next few days, hundreds of letters poured into City Hall ...
Pittsburgh’s Ace Hotel Markets The City’s Past To Its Future
The first person John Brewer saw when he entered the YMCA in the 1950s was not a receptionist as you see when you enter the same building today, but a security guard.
Abandoned Tires Prove Both Blight And Boon For The Motor City
One 2014 morning on Detroit’s northeast side, residents along Mapleridge were horrified to find that 10,000 tires had been stuffed into a row of abandoned houses on their street.
Preparing Cleveland, And Clevelanders, For The RNC
When Belt announced a fellowship to cover the RNC last week, comments included: “Hell, no”; “Does the fellowship include life insurance?”; and, “Only if you provide body armor.”
An Interview with Matthew Desmond
One-third. For more than 100 years that’s been the standard measure for figuring housing costs in the United States: you should pay no more than one-third of your income in rent or mortgage payments.