FEATURE
White Shirt Day and “The Birth of a Union”
The legacy of the 1937 Sit-Down Strike—for Flint and beyond.
White Shirt Day and “The Birth of a Union”
The legacy of the 1937 Sit-Down Strike—for Flint and beyond.
Featured Stories
ESSAY
Fighting Fentanyl
The synthetic opioid adds an additional challenge to treating drug use and overdoses in Michigan.
LABOR NOTES
Akron’s Vietnam
How the war touched one Northeast Ohio neighborhood.
POETRY
Power and Peril at the Great Lakes
Lessons from one 1971 near-disaster for the future of nuclear power in the region.
HISTORY
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Motor Nation
"Sometimes when I am driving down the freeway...I think of the reasons I love Detroit."
The Future of Chicago is the Future of Us All
On history, the mayoral election, and the work of black women.
How a Western Pennsylvania Police Shooting Sparked a Political Movement
In Pittsburgh, a new brand of local politician is gaining influence.
Stories of Ohio: An Introduction
From the introduction to a new edition of William Dean Howells' Stories of Ohio, published by Belt Publishing.
When Did the Milwaukee River Become ‘Unswimmable’?
An excerpt from The Milwaukee Anthology.
A Palace for the People
The fight to make Chicago's South Shore Cultural Center a space for community arts.
On Chances
"I heard we got the city doing front flips // where every father/mayor/rapper jump ship"
Hospital Withdrawal
Why some people with opioid use disorder avoid going to the hospital.
Remembering Jimmy Cvetic
Pittsburgh's legendary boxing trainer, ex-police officer, and poet passed away this past weekend at the age of sixty-nine.
The Real Walleye Capital of the World
A writer goes in search of a community worthy of the title—and her own Midwestern identity.
A Skillet of Suns and Oceans
"and there I was,/wearing a two-hundred-dollar wool coat/in my own kitchen.../homesick and hungry"
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Beyond ‘White Flight’
What the history of one Cleveland neighborhood can teach us about race and housing inequality.
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