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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?
Featured Stories
POLITICS
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."
HISTORY
Akron’s Vietnam
How the war touched one Northeast Ohio neighborhood.
COMMENTARY
Rebel Girl of West Ridge
From the Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook.
CULTURAL STUDIES
Following the Yellowlined Road
Yellowlining—the lesser cousin of federal-government redlining—was a discriminatory force that historians and economists have only begun to explore.
Following the Yellowlined Road
Yellowlining—the lesser cousin of federal-government redlining—was a discriminatory force that historians and economists have only begun to explore.
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More Stories
Will Minneapolis’s Upper Harbor Terminal Project Be Good for Its Neighbors?
The city wants to develop public land in a majority-Black neighborhood. What would equitable development look like?
3666 Warren Avenue E. Detroit, MI 48207
"Somewhere the houses are rebuilding themselves./Sanding away the lead-coated paint from their siding."
Cleveland and the Biden-Trump Debate
The city illustrates, starkly, the challenges and opportunities of the country in 2020.
Ancient Places
"Every curve & angle of us was a sign to the end of times; / ... but we were too high and mighty to hear the trumpet"
The Brief but Spectacular Life of Youngstown’s Tomorrow Club
In the early Seventies, the venue embodied the “golden age of rock music”—and saw the early years of some of the industry’s most iconic acts.
Detroiters are Fighting for the Right to Water
Can an income-based water affordability plan solve the city’s water shutoff problem?
Between the Lake and Emmett Till Road
An excerpt from "The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook."
How Chef Chanell Hale is Feeding Her Community in a Pandemic
A look inside the Chicago operation where Hale and her team cook and deliver hundreds of meals per week.
When Asked to Describe Gary “In Your Own Words”
"I get to say that I’m from here."
A Street-Level Perspective on Kenosha Protests
What happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin the night Jacob Blake was shot, according to four people who were there.
Bob Ross Was Here
With “The Bob Ross Experience,” Muncie, Indiana lays claim to its most famous artist—and its status as an art town.
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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.
Belt News
The Best of Belt Magazine 2019
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Call for Submissions: Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook
Announcing the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook, to be published by Belt Publishing.
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