End of Summer at Detroit’s Love Isle
A photo essay of young love on Detroit’s Belle Isle By Amy Sacka Early on in my relationship, I sent [...]
The Rise and Fall of ‘New Work’ in Flint
In the 1980s, the Flint, Michigan-based Center for New Work proposed a radically different industrial future.
What Roe v. Wade’s Dismantling Means for Environmental Justice
In Detroit, abortion access meets pollution and climate vulnerability.
Pandemic Diaries, Year Three
Dispatch from Flint, Michigan: when COVID-19 hits home.
A New Fertilizer Mine has Michigan Residents Worried
The largest potash mine in the country is coming to Central Michigan. But at what cost?
On Hope, History, and Storytelling in Flint
Kelsey Ronan’s 'Chevy in the Hole' reimagines the city some of us never knew.
Belt’s Top Stories of 2021
Ten pieces our readers kept coming back to.
Urban Renewal Today
Tracing the past, present, and future of housing development and displacement in Detroit.
Movie Palaces of the Rust Belt
The rise and fall (and rise) of the Main Street theater.
Fire in Peshtigo
The deadliest fire in U.S. history happened one hundred and fifty years ago near Peshtigo, Wisconsin. You’ve probably never heard of it.
Building a Black-Owned Food Ecosystem in Detroit
Detroit’s Black-owned food businesses thrive through networks of collaboration and support.
Modernist Post Offices of Michigan
Eight mid-century post offices from small towns and exurbs across the state.