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  • Kinzua Bridge - Pennsylvania

These Trespasses

"All over McKean County, we claimed the unwanted spaces that adults had left behind."

Jake Maynard2020-08-27T13:48:34-04:00August 7, 2020|
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  • University of Cincinnati - West End

2020 Vision: Cincinnati’s West End

More than twenty-five thousand people lost their homes so a highway could be built in my neighborhood.

Cailin Pitt2020-04-02T12:37:41-04:00March 23, 2020|
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  • Kerr - Mt. Jewett

Loiterers

A requiem for the small-town "hang-arounds."

Jake Maynard2020-04-01T15:59:39-04:00February 28, 2020|
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Finding Refuge in Southwest Detroit

Since the early twentieth century, the area has been a safe haven for Latinx—including my family.

Christiana Castillo2020-04-01T15:59:41-04:00February 7, 2020|
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  • Belt 2019 - gif

Top Stories of 2019

Ten stories our readers kept coming back to.

Belt Magazine2020-01-13T12:18:42-05:00December 27, 2019|
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  • Southside Reunion - Flint, Michigan

Home Again at the Southside Reunion

In Flint, Michigan, a gathering of the descendants of the men and women who joined the ‘Great Migration.’

Bob Campbell2020-01-10T10:34:22-05:00December 20, 2019|
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  • Campbell - Shay Lake 1

The End of a World as I Knew It

On childhood summers at a black enclave in Michigan, and the moment everything changed.

Bob Campbell2019-05-31T17:32:30-04:00May 13, 2019|
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  • Drost - Perry, Ohio Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power

A writer remembers her relationship with her father, an inspector of nuclear power plants.

Melissa Ballard2019-04-01T11:58:33-04:00January 3, 2019|
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