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There Is This We
Portraits and reflections on the legacy of Black women artists and arts workers in Chicago.
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ENVIRONMENT
Grasping at Shifting Sands
On the eroding shores of Lakes Michigan and Huron, a buried eighteenth-century lumber port, and the stakes of inaction.
INDIGENOUS DESK
A Public Art Project Tackles Unceded Land in Chicago
'Whose Lakefront' marks the Indigenous history of the Lake Michigan coast.
A Public Art Project Tackles Unceded Land in Chicago
'Whose Lakefront' marks the Indigenous history of the Lake Michigan coast.
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Pittsburgh’s Broken Bridge is a Warning Sign
The now-collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge is a marker of what’s at stake in the infrastructure fight—and how far we have to go.
Treaty of Mendota
A poem of erasure.
The Ohio Bribery Scandal Behind “The Worst Energy Policy in the Country”
Hidden recorders, dirty politicians, and the corrupt companies that financed it all.
Faith in Movement
Andy Warhol, the Rust Belt, and me.
The Ohio Organization Rekindling Indigenous Foodways
How 'Native American street food' is helping to keep tribal cultures alive.
Wisconsin’s Shipwreck Coast
America’s newest National Marine Sanctuary tells the tales of the Great Lakes.
Are You Staying in South Bend?
On identity, possibilities, and giving my hometown a chance.
Belt’s Top Stories of 2021
Ten pieces our readers kept coming back to.
The Best of Belt Magazine 2021
Our new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Mr. Jingeling is Coming (Back) to Town
The retail celebrity—and ‘Keeper of the Keys’ to Santa’s workshop—was staple of Cleveland’s Christmas scene.
Blessed Nativity of Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh
In the Carnegie Museum's holiday presepio, a mingling of the sacred and profane.
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From the Archives
Fear and Loathing on Euclid Avenue: Dispatches from the RNC in CLE
“I’m not here because I agree with everybody.”
How Michigan’s Municipal Policies Led To Crises In Detroit and Flint
Michigan has the most decrepit cities in the United States...It’s not just a result of neglect. It’s a result of policy.
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