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Cleveland After Serial
The podcast highlighted issues in the city's criminal justice system. Where do residents go from here?
Cleveland After Serial
The podcast highlighted issues in the city's criminal justice system. Where do residents go from here?
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PERSONAL HISTORY
CORONAVIRUS
Akron’s Vietnam
How the war touched one Northeast Ohio neighborhood.
POETRY
Rebel Girl of West Ridge
From the Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook.
CORONAVIRUS
The Rebirth of a Regional Library
After a long period of disinvestment and decline, Chicago’s first regional library is returning to prominence.
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#NoDAPL Fights On in Illinois
The state has a crucial role in the high-stakes fight to prevent DAPL from doubling its capacity.
Could the Ohio River Have Rights?
A movement to grant rights to the environment tests the power of local control.
Caucus Night
"We went last night to stand and/be counted at the high school/gymnasium."
Finding Refuge in Southwest Detroit
Since the early twentieth century, the area has been a safe haven for Latinx—including my family.
Rethinking ORSANCO
How the agency’s role as steadfast defender of the Ohio River has changed over time.
Things My Father Knew in Winter
He says, it was near midnight, a cargo run/on second shift--from Indy to some hamlet flung
Game Day at the Ohio Pen
Remembering the Ohio State Penitentiary Hurricanes—and the day my father played against them in 1965.
Halted Waters
The Seneca Nation and the building of the Kinzua Dam.
Watershed Politics
A Pittsburgh-area test case in working across political boundaries to address flooding.
After ICE
Life in a Guatemalan immigrant community in rural Ohio more than a year after nearby raids.
Return to Boomtowns
"This is your Gary, where hands grab at homecoming:/brown soldiers, sizzling streets, airwaves thick from a Motor City."
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From the Archives
Disappearing Act
Prison gerrymandering is distorting democracy in states across the Midwest and nationwide, leaving incarcerated people with inequitable representation—or none at all.
News
Call for Submissions: Gary Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about Gary, Indiana, to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Black Midwest Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about the Black Midwest to be published by Belt Publishing.
Call for Submissions: Lawrence Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories from Lawrence, Kansas, to be published by Belt Publishing.
