For all their divisions, Americans share one conviction: the economy comes first. But beyond general concern about “the economy,” affordability and inflation, it’s much less clear what specific ...

Rust Belt revival: Which Rust Belt cities will see population growth in 2024? Aerial photo of rust belt row homes in a large midwest city in the U.S. Dust off your casserole recipes; the Rust Belt isn ...

Democrats know they have a problem with working-class voters but don’t agree on the cause. Commentators chalk Kamala Harris’s 2024 loss to high prices, an unusually short campaign cycle, or voter ...

America is barreling towards authoritarianism at such a breakneck pace that it should alarm every single one of us. But instead of meeting this moment with courage and integrity, the corporate media ...

When the domestic steel industry all but died in the 1970s, Pennsylvania, along with other steel-making states, took on the title “rust belt.” It aptly described the economic devastation brought about ...

The economic forces that built American cities have disappeared. These fundamental economic changes left in their wake two types of places — those that adapted and those that did not. What caused them ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Accelerating the pace of his re-election campaign, President Bush hopped on a red, white and blue bus Monday and tried to pump up support in Rust Belt states hard hit by ...

As the Democrats have lost ground to the Republicans with noncollege educated and working-class voters, particularly among white and Latino populations, researchers have wondered how Democrats might ...

Dust off your casserole recipes; the Rust Belt isn't out of the game just yet. With a third of Americans saying climate change is a reason they'll consider moving this year, the relative safety of ...