Features
Girl Strikers: Gender and Cleveland’s Garment District Strikes of 1911
Never before and likely never again will Cleveland witness packs of young Jewish and Italian girls roving the streets for strikebreakers and scabs.
“A large city, near the Miller Factory”: The Glorious Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Great Midwestern Brewer
Yelp reviews of the Miller factory tour are, to be blunt, as bland as the beer. "Kinda cheesey but that's OK," one reads. "Better than I expected," says another. Bottom line? "It's free, people!"
The Only Thing You Ever Regret Is the Typewriter You Don’t Buy: Attending the 2014 International Typewriter Collectors Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The rules and copy for the “Fastest Typewriting Contest” at the 2014 International Typewriter Collectors Convention, which took place August 7-10, are the same as those used at the International Typewriting Contest held in New York City
An Unexpected Lesson In Boxing and Jack Johnson Through Poetry
Most boxing gyms are battleship grey in color – the painted concrete floors, the duct tape holding together the punching bags, the old sweat-stained tee-shirts of the fighters.
Storming The Beach At Conneaut – A WWII Reenactment
3,700 miles away from the original battle for Normandy, D-Day in Conneaut, Ohio, began in 1999.
Repurposing Old Rail Stations in the Rust Belt
Marilyn Rodgers could do just about anything with her Saturday off, but instead she chooses to vacuum a train terminal. The executive director of Buffalo’s Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC), a nonprofit that’s rehabilitating the city’s vacant train station, goes up and down yards of original Terrazzo flooring, sucking up dirt with an industrial-strength cleaner. “I have to clean my house,” she jokes of the 523,000 square foot space where she frequently visits.
The Rust Belt Refugees
Stories of Rust Belt refugees and what they've gained and lost in joining the Michigan/Ohio diasporas.
Midwest Lit: the new nostalgia
Midwestern novels used to bring some news from the territory -- today midwest lit is a nostalgic thing.
The politics of local fish: why your walleye entree was shipped in from Canada
Lake Erie fishing -- commercial, sport, and charter boats -- and the politics of the catch.
Remediating the Past and Writing the Future in Flint
Most auto jobs in Flint are gone, but the city is still saddled with unhappy souvenirs of an industrial past. What comes next for the Vehicle City?

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