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POLITICS
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?
Featured Stories
ENVIRONMENT
Detroiters are Fighting for the Right to Water
Can an income-based water affordability plan solve the city’s water shutoff problem?
HISTORY
Alternate Ending
"In this version no one has to wear a wig to senior prom/because of chemo. No one’s car is set on fire."
COMMENTARY
Rebel Girl of West Ridge
From the Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Welcoming Belt Magazine’s Newest Team Members
Njaimeh Njie and Raechel Anne Jolie join the editorial staff.
Welcoming Belt Magazine’s Newest Team Members
Njaimeh Njie and Raechel Anne Jolie join the editorial staff.
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When Classic Rock Icons Made Headlines at the Rubber Bowl
The stadium was partially demolished in 2018, but in the 1980s and 1990s, it hosted some of the biggest bands in the world.
Cleveland and Chicago: Cities of Segregation
An excerpt from "Black in the Middle."
Life After the Derecho
In eastern Iowa, we’re a long way from recovery.
What It’s Like to Be a Farmworker During COVID-19
On picking peaches in a pandemic.
Switch and the Pride of Youngstown
An excerpt from "The Youngstown Anthology," Second Edition.
The Fall of the Grand Dragon
D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the KKK, was once the most powerful man in Indiana. His racism was popular. Then he killed a white woman.
A Night at the Drive-In During a Pandemic Summer
"It feels so foreign now, this kind of shared experience in real time."
Restaurant Workers Struggle to Access Unemployment Aid
“This wasn’t the way I thought this year was going to go.”
In Michigan, Long Mail Delays are Hurting Vulnerable People
Policy changes at the USPS, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, have serious consequences for health, business, and politics.
These Trespasses
"All over McKean County, we claimed the unwanted spaces that adults had left behind."
#NoCopAcademy and the Movement to Defund the Police
How youth organizers in Chicago laid the groundwork for contemporary calls to defund the police.
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From the Archives
Preserving Black Artists’ Legacies in Pittsburgh
A photo and interview series exploring how black artists living in a rapidly-changing Pittsburgh see themselves and their work.
Opportunities
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.
