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.
“A City Upon a Hill”
In 1993, the Mississippi River destroyed the town of Valmeyer, Illinois. So residents moved it a mile uphill.
The Flooding of Beech Fork
In the twentieth century, dams transformed the landscape of Appalachia. What was lost in the process?
Belt’s Top Stories of 2020
Eleven pieces our readers kept coming back to.
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.