Features
After ICE
Life in a Guatemalan immigrant community in rural Ohio more than a year after nearby raids.
Somali Poetry Takes Minneapolis
In Minnesota, Somali youth poets are changing the game.
DuPont’s Lasting Legacy in Parkersburg
The West Virginia community is left to grapple with the consequences of C8 contamination.
Top Stories of 2019
Ten stories our readers kept coming back to.
Robert Smith’s Last Ride
The first person in West Virginia to die from the Spanish flu pandemic was an incarcerated Black man.
Wheeling Island’s Keeper of the Bees
On the most populated Ohio River island, this beekeeper found a way to better himself and his community.
Smoke in the Valley
What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for communities in the region and beyond.
Rust Belt Independents
How one Indiana community rejected Trumpism.
The Fate of the Scrappers
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers have been a symbol of the region's comeback narrative. Now, Minor League Baseball may phase them out.
Development in Black and White
An interview with Jason Hackworth, author of "Manufacturing Decline: How Racism and the Conservative Movement Crush the American Rust Belt."

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