Pandemic Diaries, Year Three
Dispatch from Flint, Michigan: when COVID-19 hits home.
Minnesota Sound
What does it mean to sound like a place?
How to Buy a House in Milwaukee
Is homeownership the answer to Milwaukee’s affordable housing crisis? It’s complicated.
The Girl in the Mall
Growing up in my rural Ohio town, the mall was our refuge. It could also be dangerous.
Wisconsin’s Black Farming Tradition
Since the mid-1800s, agriculture has created a path to agency and freedom for Black people in Wisconsin.
Portraits in Transition
On photographing non-binary community members in the Midwest and Rust Belt.
Around Lake Michigan on the Circle Tour
Sixty years ago, my parents took us on a driving tour of Lake Michigan, the quintessential Midwest road trip.
The Sweetest Little Town Around
Inside the Shepherd Sugar Bush, an old-school community maple syrup operation in Michigan.
“A City Upon a Hill”
In 1993, the Mississippi River destroyed the town of Valmeyer, Illinois. So residents moved it a mile uphill.
Centering Community Narratives in the Rust Belt
Watch the full video of our March 31 event "Documenting Home," in partnership with PEN America.
Documenting Home
Meet the panelists for our March 31 event in partnership with PEN America.
Welcome to Buffalo
A photographer reflects on the Black communities that have shaped his life in Buffalo, New York.