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Losing Lordstown
General Motors announced plans last week to close its plant in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. But it’s not only jobs that are at stake.
Picturing the End of Money Bail
Images of the movement to end the practice, which disproportionately punishes poor people and people of color.
How Dolton, Illinois Reflects Changing American Suburbs in 2018
For the first time, there is more poverty in American suburbs than in cities.
Winona LaDuke’s Last Battle
The activist is leading the fight to transition away from a fossil fuel economy. Enbridge Line 3 stands in her way.
Frackland
Documenting fracking infrastructure across the Great Lakes region from 15,000 feet.
Can Agriculture Save Pollinators?
A Wisconsin beekeeper searches for solutions on the farm.
Addressing Trauma at the Community Level in Chicago
The organizations changing the way we think about treatment.
A Utopia at Niagara Falls
By Christian Ruhl In the late nineteenth century, a battle raged over the future of [...]
Recovering the Indigenous Roots of Michigan’s Norton Mounds
By Marjorie Steele Two hundred years ago, when the spring floods would recede from the [...]
Pot Still Won’t Be Legal In Ohio For Awhile, But At The Cleveland School Of Cannabis Students Are Already Hitting The Books
The building is one of those beige, ’80s office numbers, and through the half-shut blinds, cars are whizzing past on Interstate 480. It’s a beautiful day in April, and in the darkened classroom, the teacher is doing a midterm review with the students, going through slides of vocabulary and textbook photos.

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