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Two women walk under a Dollar General sign.
Retail
Dollar General builds a rural delivery edge over Walmart and Amazon—and it’s taking their higher-income shoppers, too
By Eva RoytburgAugust 28, 2025
Nicolle Ritchie peels corn facing away from the camera in the midst of a corn field.
Environment
‘Like the corn’s never getting a break. It’s just hot all the time’: How America’s farmers conquered climate change for a ‘monster’ harvest
By Melina Walling, Joshua A. Bickel and The Associated PressAugust 25, 2025
Bryan Caplan looks smilingly at the camera
North America
Rural America is in crisis. One of America’s most provocative economists says the fix isn’t manufacturing—it’s something far less obvious
By Eva RoytburgAugust 21, 2025
Billionaires need to launch moonshots in the heartland, not just outer space
Commentary
Billionaires need to launch moonshots in the heartland, not just outer space
By Nicholas LallaMarch 4, 2025
Freight wagons, loaded with newly manufactured Volkswagen AG and BMW AG automobiles, at a railway yard in Munich, Germany, on Friday, July 28, 2023. Germany exited its winter recession in the second quarter but output only stagnated, with questions about the fundamental health of Europe's largest economy remaining.
Tech
A German Rust Belt? As Chinese EVs like BYD swarm Europe’s key markets, historic examples of deindustrialization pose a warning to the continent’s carmakers
By Ryan HoggApril 10, 2024
How the Rust Belt Is Shaking Off Its Rust
Commentary
How the Rust Belt Is Shaking Off Its Rust
By Antoine van Agtmael and Fred BakkerSeptember 19, 2017
The 2016 Democratic National Convention
Leadership
Democrats Must Overhaul Party, Attack Big Business, Sanders Says
By ReutersFebruary 26, 2017
HUNTINGTON, IN - APRIL 27: UTEC, a manufacturing conglomerate,
Leadership
Workers at Endangered Indiana Plant Feel Forgotten by Trump
By The Associated PressDecember 10, 2016
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks to journalist after attending the Senate Democrat party leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Leadership
Inside Democrats’ Plan to Beat Donald Trump at His Own Game
By Sam Frizell and TIMEDecember 10, 2016
Republican National Convention
Leadership
Democrats’ Task: Rebuild the Blue Political Wall in Midwest
By The Associated PressDecember 4, 2016
US-VOTE-RUSTBELT
Leadership
Trump’s Pennsylvania Supporters Grapple with New Accusations
By The Associated PressOctober 16, 2016
Inside the Fight for Ohio
Leadership
Inside the Fight for Ohio
By Philip Elliott and TIMESeptember 24, 2016
Democratic National Convention: Day Four
Leadership
Clinton Gets Down to Campaign Business With Rust Belt Trip
By ReutersJuly 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Midwest Ahead Of Ohio's Primary
Leadership
Clinton Promises Manufacturing Renaissance in Rust Belt Ohio
By TIMEMarch 13, 2016
Flint Water
Tech
Did Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law Cause the Flint Water Crisis?
By David Z. MorrisFebruary 18, 2016
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