Reweaving the Stories of Our Public Art
How does public art limit (or extend) what we can know about the past, present, or future? How can art support us in telling a new story, a shared story about who we are?
New York, Los Angeles, Columbus?
How art can grow from Midwestern roots.
The New Stewards of Skateboarding
People like Sie and Scar and Dani and Frances are the future of skateboarding; they are part of a major sea change that will not only shift the demographics of skateboarding, it will also fundamentally alter its ethos. These are the new stewards of skateboarding.
Welcome to ReCreation Land
Strip-mining destroyed the landscape of central Ohio--and the lungs of many workers. What will it take to build a healthier future?
The Ohio Bribery Scandal Behind “The Worst Energy Policy in the Country”
Hidden recorders, dirty politicians, and the corrupt companies that financed it all.
The Best Rust Belt Books of 2021
A Belt critic's Rust Belt 'Lit List.'
Riding the Fort Wayne Line
A proposed Amtrak route would restore passenger service between Chicago, Fort Wayne, Columbus, and Pittsburgh. Can new federal investment make it happen?
A History of the Pride Flag in My Doorway
Notes on living and moving as an out queer person in the Rust Belt.
“As Though It Is Everywhere”: An Interview with Hanif Abdurraqib
"I feel close to my roots in a way that I don't know that I've ever felt."
Coming of Age Between Somalia and Columbus
On moving, 9/11, and reckoning with the names and places that made you who you are.
Ohio Has Always Had Confederate Apologists
In June, Ohio legislators refused to ban confederate memorabilia from county fairs. The state has long had a complicated relationship with the confederacy.
From Croatia to Cleveland to Columbus
On generational migration and identity in the Midwest.