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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.
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PERSONAL HISTORY
Fighting Fentanyl
The synthetic opioid adds an additional challenge to treating drug use and overdoses in Michigan.
HOUSING DEPT.
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.
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What Indiana Dunes National Park and the Border Wall Have in Common
Among other things, they offer the opportunity to envision a healthy future for everyone.
Today I Laid a Crayfish at Your Grave
"I kneeled at the stump where we laid the Ford agate,/Made up spells and secrets..."
Tapping into Tradition
In the Ohio Valley, more farmers are harvesting maple syrup, a practice that dates to before the arrival of Europeans.
Summers at White Birch Lodge
Reflections on three generations of family and community in Michigan.
The Last Days of Rezkoville’s Purgatory
In Chicago, a long-empty swath of land south of the Loop is the latest site of a planned mega-development.
The Undemocratic Making of Indianapolis
How Unigov, a 1970s-era legislative project, helped create modern-day Indy and its suburbs.
About Leaving (Milwaukee)
An original poem from "The Milwaukee Anthology."
Is Michigan’s UP Winter Culture Melting?
In the Upper Peninsula, climate change is threatening the UP200, an Iditarod qualifier race.
The Marrow of Tradition: An Introduction
From the introduction to a new edition of Charles W. Chesnutt's "The Marrow of Tradition," published by Belt Publishing.
Detroit’s Eastern Market
Scenes from the city’s historic food and culture hub.
Sentencing the Old Iowa State Penitentiary
Once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi, the facility is now empty, falling apart, and waiting for its next chapter.
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From the Archives
The Rise and Mysterious Fall of the Prehistoric King of Cleveland
Lurking in the dark corners of Cleveland history: the Dunkleosteus. (From 2015).
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