Jobless and Struggling in Pennsylvania
Pandemic unemployment benefits are a lifeline for more than four hundred thousand Pennsylvanians. But payments stalled this year.
A People’s Agenda for Immigration
Chicago organizers share the immigration policies that they believe President Biden should prioritize.
What Really Happened at the Capitol on January 6?
A Q&A with 100 Days in Appalachia reporter Chris Jones, who was there.
Amid an Eviction Moratorium, the Housing Crisis Continues in Southeast Michigan
In Washtenaw County, Michigan, mutual aid projects are providing housing and tenant rights support for renters as the end of the eviction moratorium looms.
Wisconsin’s Pandemic Winter
Vaccines will be rolled out over the coming months, but in the meantime, cold weather, isolation, and already-strained public health infrastructure will converge in the state this winter.
“The Ellis Island of Dayton”
Islom Shakhbandarov on Welcome Dayton and immigrant life in the city. ["Excerpted from The Dayton Anthology"]
“Cultivating Addiction”
For many in southern Ohio, existing drug war interventions can do more harm than good.
How to End Political Gerrymandering in Michigan (And Elsewhere)
In Michigan, the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is getting ready to fix the state’s gerrymandered political map.
Election Week Through the Lenses of Black Women
Snapshots of the 2020 election from five photographers across the Rust Belt.
Why It’s Taking So Long to Count Votes in Pennsylvania
The delay was not inevitable, but instead the product of a contentious disagreement between state politicians.
West Virginians Were Promised an Economic Revival. It Hasn’t Happened.
The coal industry continues to decline. Natural gas isn’t bringing the prosperity it promised. And now the pandemic has wrecked the state’s economy.
How Cook County Jail Became the Country’s First Jail-Based Polling Place
Many incarcerated people have the right to vote, but steep barriers can make it nearly impossible. In Cook County, Illinois, that’s starting to change.