The Best of Belt Magazine 2021
Our new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
The Bird Patrol
Chicago is the most dangerous city in the country for birds. Meet the people who want to change that.
Urban Renewal Today
Tracing the past, present, and future of housing development and displacement in Detroit.
The Best of Belt Magazine 2020
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Election Week Through the Lenses of Black Women
Snapshots of the 2020 election from five photographers across the Rust Belt.
How Chef Chanell Hale is Feeding Her Community in a Pandemic
A look inside the Chicago operation where Hale and her team cook and deliver hundreds of meals per week.
Development in Black and White
An interview with Jason Hackworth, author of "Manufacturing Decline: How Racism and the Conservative Movement Crush the American Rust Belt."
The Best of Belt Magazine 2019
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Returning to Pittsburgh
"For all the intervening years, Pittsburgh had lived in my memory...viewable but not touchable, sequestered behind a one-way mirror of time."
The Packard Presence in Columbus
Walking around Columbus, Ohio, the influence of Frank Packard's architecture is everywhere you look.
Introduction: “This City is Killing Me”
The introduction to a new book on "community trauma and toxic stress in urban America."
The Undemocratic Making of Indianapolis
How Unigov, a 1970s-era legislative project, helped create modern-day Indy and its suburbs.