Are West Chicago’s Radiation Worries Over?
A local factory in West Chicago, Illinois was once the largest producer of thorium in the world. This fall the “radioactive capital of the Midwest” is doing one last cleanup.
A local factory in West Chicago, Illinois was once the largest producer of thorium in the world. This fall the “radioactive capital of the Midwest” is doing one last cleanup.
A conversation with architecture and design critic Alexandra Lange on malls in America.
In Akron, Ohio, toxic exposures to benzene and asbestos made people sick and cut lives short.
An upcoming art show asks of Braddock, Pennsylvania, 'Where do we think this is going?'
Watch the full video of our February 2 event on Indigenous life and history in the Rust Belt.
Our new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Watch the full video of our December 16 event "A Very Rust Belt Reading" with Ed Simon, Vivian Gibson, and Gretchen Kalwinski.
McKeesport, Pennsylvania has been through two Great Depressions. Its recovery from the first holds lessons for today.
In search of features, essays, and poems that engage with the Indigenous Rust Belt.
Stories of Rust Belt workers--their lives, histories, memories, and resistance.
In Uniontown, Ohio, outside of Akron, residents and officials have clashed over cleanup of the Industrial Excess Landfill.
Stories on climate change, industrial legacies, and planning for a just future.