In the ‘Rubber Capital of the World,’ Health Consequences Linger
In Akron, Ohio, toxic exposures to benzene and asbestos made people sick and cut lives short.
In Akron, Ohio, toxic exposures to benzene and asbestos made people sick and cut lives short.
A visual ode to these anchors of neighborhood life.
The Goodyear Wingfoots, General Electrics, and the heyday of industrial basketball.
On Howard Street, in downtown Akron, Black life and culture flourished.
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Stories of Rust Belt workers--their lives, histories, memories, and resistance.
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In Uniontown, Ohio, outside of Akron, residents and officials have clashed over cleanup of the Industrial Excess Landfill.
At its peak, Ohio’s Silver Lake Park was a six-hundred-acre amusement park with more than thirty attractions and tens of thousands of visitors per day.
From 'the end of the Sixties' to the 'Akron sound.'
The stories of workers and their families reveal "unintended consequences" for life and health in the community.
Survivor Chic Canfora reflects on life then and now.