Development in Black and White
An interview with Jason Hackworth, author of "Manufacturing Decline: How Racism and the Conservative Movement Crush the American Rust Belt."
At the Lake County Fair
The fair connects communities that often seem worlds apart socially and politically, but are intimately linked by economics and geography.
The Moral Power of Rust Belt Labor
As recent strikes by unions across the region demonstrate, collective action remains as vital as ever.
The Art of Labor
A tour of Milwaukee's conflicted Grohmann Museum. From "The Milwaukee Anthology."
White Shirt Day and “The Birth of a Union”
The legacy of the 1937 Sit-Down Strike—for Flint and beyond.
Frackland
Documenting fracking infrastructure across the Great Lakes region from 15,000 feet.