Resisters of the Rust Belt: A Photo Essay by Garrett MacLean
VIEW SLIDESHOW When Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States, [...]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, thousands of Puerto Ricans have sought refuge in Chicago. Here’s what one woman had to navigate to get her family settled.
By Martha Bayne Photography by Michelle Kanaar Support for this article was provided by Rise Local, a project of New [...]
Can You Have Redevelopment Without Gentrification? Some In The Walnut Hills Neighborhood Of Cincinnati Say Yes.
By Hillary Copsey Walnut Hills, a neighborhood inside Cincinnati’s urban core, is having a big year. After the community suffered [...]
Richard Florida Can’t Let Go Of His Creative Class Theory. His Reputation Depends On It.
By Frank Bures Photo by Garrett MacLean When Richard Florida’s new book came out earlier this year, I saw some [...]
Documenting the ‘Opioid Migrants’ of Chicago: A photo essay by Lloyd DeGrane
VIEW SLIDESHOW Last year, there were 581 opioid overdose deaths in the City of Chicago, representing [...]
Thoughts of a Lonely Man: A poem by a resident of Lower Wacker Drive
By Gregory D. Smith Photograph by Lloyd DeGrane Walking these crowded streets Feeling like I’m always in court Being judged [...]
Bezos, the Koch Brothers, and the Waltons want to save the Rust Belt, but only on their terms
By Elizabeth Catte In JD Vance’s latest chapter as champion of America’s forgotten heartland, the Hillbilly Elegy author yesterday announced [...]
In Today’s Ohio, ‘Home Rule’ Is Not About Cities Being Self-Governed; It’s Cover For State Officials Moving Economic Growth To The Exurbs
By Tom Bier Photo by Maddie McGarvey In my new book, Housing Dynamics in Northeast Ohio: Setting the Stage for [...]
Countdown to 2018 Midterms Begins: 8 Rust Belt Congressional Races Already Starting to Foreshadow 2020
With Election Day 2017 safely behind us, the race to the 2018 Midterm Elections has officially begun. And with Donald Trump sitting in the White House ...
Big Ag vs. Lake Erie: How Ohio’s Biggest Industry Threatens Its Greatest Resource
In late September, temperatures in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan eclipsed 90 degrees for six straight days.
A Pair of Dominion Pipelines in Appalachia Are Uniting a Coalition of Environmental Activists That Crosses Racial, Economic, and Geographic Lines
"While there are no Neo-Nazis in the streets of Charlottesville today, white supremacy is very much at work in the offices of Dominion Energy. Money rules, African Americans suffer. It is an old story of power and heartlessness."
Safe In Buffalo, NY, Syrian Refugees Are Still Looking For Peace
Fatima Darwish El Nashef needed air, so she left her apartment and strolled through the Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo. She had been feeling like a zombie, adjusting to a new home while constantly thinking about the hell she had left behind in Syria.