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Climate Emergency and Environmental Justice in the Rust Belt
Stories on climate change, industrial legacies, and planning for a just future.
East Chicago’s Failed Utopian Visions
A century ago, East Chicago, Indiana drafted its ideal future. Here's how that went.
Fire in Steubenville
"Each time I come back home / something else has burned."
Portraits in Transition
On photographing non-binary community members in the Midwest and Rust Belt.
Exhibit O: A Look Inside Indiana’s Opioid Crisis
A new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum wants to break the taboos around addiction and recovery.
Black Freedom, Black Joy: A Juneteenth Reading List
Honoring Black joy and freedom struggles in the Rust Belt.
A History of the Pride Flag in My Doorway
Notes on living and moving as an out queer person in the Rust Belt.
Midwest Modern’s Architectural Road Trip
Josh Lipnik uses Twitter to document regional architecture and design.
In Hudson, Ohio, Whose History Matters?
A recent event highlights the messiness of the town’s white-dominated abolitionist narrative.
Rust Belt Pride
A queer Rust Belt reading list.
Madeline Davis’s Queer History of Buffalo
Davis, who died last month at the age of eighty, dedicated her life to LGBTQ+ history in Buffalo.
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