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How Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Got Taken in the Foxconn Deal
As the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) prepares to make public the final contract between the state of Wisconsin and Foxconn, which sees the Badger state giving the Taiwanese tech manufacturing giant up to $3 billion in taxpayer money in exchange for the promise of 13,000 jobs in southeastern Wisconsin, Belt magazine breaks down how Gov. Scott Walker got taken.
From “The Mistake On The Lake” To “Defend Together”: The Long (And Amusing) History Of Trying To Rebrand Cleveland
As the Cleveland Indians prepare for a postseason run as defending American League champions, fans are showing their support by purchasing T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Defend Together.”
What Hillary Clinton Is Still Getting Wrong About Appalachia
It’s fitting that in Hillary Clinton’s new memoir, What Happened—a postmortem about her failed 2016 bid for the presidency—she gives the title “Country Roads” to a chapter about West Virginia.
White Racist Aggression At The U. Michigan Game
While Hurricane Irma churned toward Key West after ravaging the Caribbean, more than 1,500 miles north in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the scene was picturesque and gorgeous.
Introduction To The Whiskey Rebellion And The Rebirth Of Rye
Opening a whiskey distillery was a lark for our family, an idea inspired by a bout of wine drinking while visiting family ice vineyards on a trip to Canada. We are not a family of barflies. We are a family that loves great food and drink, history, and our region of western Pennsylvania.
On The 40th Anniversary Of Youngstown’s “Black Monday,” An Oral History
Forty years ago today, Youngstown Sheet & Tube announced it was shuttering Campbell Works. It was a devastating blow to a city that had become synonymous with the steel industry and has since become synonymous with deindustrialization and its accompanying urban decline.
Wisconsin Lawmakers Cite Belt Magazine In Their Fight Against Foxconn
Governor Scott Walker’s awful deal with Foxconn to trade $3 billion in taxpayer money for a shady promise of 13,000 so-called quality jobs passed the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday.
Why Foxconn’s Wisconsin Promise Of 13,000 Quality Jobs Is An Empty One
As the Wisconsin Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would award $3 billion in tax incentives to Foxconn, former employees of the Chinese tech giant’s largest stateside operation warn that a factory in the Badger State might not be good for Wisconsin workers.
Introduction to In The Watershed: A Journey Down The Maumee River
The Maumee River does not begin.
New Book September 2018: Rust Belt Arcana
Tarot and Natural History in the Exurban Wilds By Matt Stansberry with Illustrations by David [...]
A ‘Toxic Tour’ of the Whiting Refinery on the Shores of Lake Michigan
One Saturday in June, I drove around the southern edge of Lake Michigan with Thomas Frank, an activist from East Chicago, Indiana, looking for oil. We had met a few weeks previous, at a conference put on by the Freshwater Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where Frank was on a panel about oil pipelines.
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