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  • Mayor Richard G. Hatcher Standing in Front of Municipal Building

Richard Hatcher’s Gary

Remembering the life and leadership of one of the first Black mayors of a major American city. [Excerpted from "The Gary Anthology."]

Dena Holland-Neal2020-02-04T13:44:34-05:00January 10, 2020|
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DuPont’s Lasting Legacy in Parkersburg

The West Virginia community is left to grapple with the consequences of C8 contamination.

Taylor Sisk2020-01-22T09:36:38-05:00January 8, 2020|
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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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  • Southwest Detroit family memory

Con Amor Por Southwest Detroit

Volver, Volver//These spaces still hold your treasures,these pieces y cosas/that I can no longer hold in my hand

Christiana Castillo2020-01-17T10:25:05-05:00December 16, 2019|
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  • Wheeling Island beekeeper

Wheeling Island’s Keeper of the Bees

On the most populated Ohio River island, this beekeeper found a way to better himself and his community.

Rebecca Kiger2019-12-18T10:38:16-05:00December 12, 2019|
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  • Shapiro's Deli - Indianapolis

Rediscovering the Neighborhood of Saturdays

The legacy of a multiracial community on Indianapolis’s south side.

Susan B. Hyatt2020-04-30T14:12:51-04:00December 11, 2019|
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  • Shah - St. Paul, Minnesota

Crossing Over

From "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology."

Megan Kaplan2019-12-12T11:46:08-05:00December 6, 2019|
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  • Wall - Huntington, Indiana Courthouse

Rust Belt Independents

How one Indiana community rejected Trumpism.

Ryan Schnurr2021-08-19T09:56:31-04:00December 3, 2019|
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  • Eastwood Field

The Fate of the Scrappers

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers have been a symbol of the region's comeback narrative. Now, Minor League Baseball may phase them out.

Vince Guerrieri2019-12-12T11:38:50-05:00November 26, 2019|
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  • Decatur Carnegie Library Postcard

The Enduring Legacy of Decatur’s Carnegie Library

An ode to a community institution.

Bob Zeni2019-12-03T11:01:24-05:00November 25, 2019|
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The Best of Belt Magazine 2019

Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.

Belt Magazine2019-12-04T10:13:50-05:00November 19, 2019|
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The Legend of Big Ole

How one monument came to be at the center of Minnesota’s imagined white past.

Rachel Boyle2019-12-04T12:32:34-05:00November 14, 2019|
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