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Slap Shot in Flood City

Slap Shot — the rare sports comedy about capitalism's transition from Fordism to FIRE industries! — doesn’t give a shit about winning.

Noelle Mateer2025-01-23T09:01:44-05:00January 16, 2025|
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  • Sableman - Valmeyer

“A City Upon a Hill”

In 1993, the Mississippi River destroyed the town of Valmeyer, Illinois. So residents moved it a mile uphill.

Rachel Hellman2021-05-27T10:30:44-04:00May 14, 2021|
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  • Beech Fork West Virginia

The Flooding of Beech Fork

In the twentieth century, dams transformed the landscape of Appalachia. What was lost in the process?

Caitlin Myers2021-02-03T17:48:51-05:00January 21, 2021|
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  • BMC - Top Stories - 2020

Belt’s Top Stories of 2020

Eleven pieces our readers kept coming back to.

Belt Magazine2021-01-29T11:22:57-05:00December 28, 2020|
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  • Midland Michigan Flood 5

When the Dams Broke in Midland, Michigan

In May, the failure of the Edenville and Sanford dams—resulting from negligence and ineffective regulation—threatened to wash away more than just buildings.

Anna Clark2020-08-07T16:57:36-04:00July 17, 2020|
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