State Democrats hone in on Rust Belt targets for 2026
Democratic leaders pinpointed a number of state legislatures in the Rust Belt as targets to shore up ahead of the 2026 ...
We May Be a Month Away From Republicans Shutting Down a Government They Control
The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...
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Gary, Indiana, and the Long Shadow of U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.
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Minnesota Night Skies: See all the planets this month
When we join him next month, King will be freshly arrived from Norway, where he’s leading a Roads Scholar trip to see the Northern Lights. Minnesota Night Skies will be a monthly podcast for the ...
This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes
Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats ...
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Rust Belt: Definition, Why It’s Called That, List of States
The Rust Belt is also commonly referred to as the Manufacturing Belt and the Factory Belt. Although there is no definitive boundary, the states that are considered in the Rust Belt—at least ...
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Trump’s Tariffs Seek To Reverse Decades of Unfair Trade Deals That Made America’s Heartland a ‘Rust Belt’
The levies are the last-gasp tools of American leverage used only after bipartisan diplomacy, summits, entreaties, and empty ...
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The Metro: ‘Rust Belt Reporter’ John Gallagher releases memoir
This era in the city was marked by bankruptcy, state controlled emergency management ... that the city is more functional than it was decades ago. In his new memoir “Rust Belt Reporter,” Gallagher ...