As presidential election results roll in, all eyes are on seven swing states, three of which are part of the "Rust Belt." The Rust Belt refers to a part of the country that was once a ...

You've probably heard of the Rust Belt, the region in the Midwest and Northeast where once-booming economies are on the decline. You may also be familiar with the Bible Belt, a stretch in the ...

Voices from the Rust Belt, ed. Anne Trubeck, Belt Publishing, 256 pages. They call the wide expanse from the Northeast to the Upper Midwest the Rust Belt. The region’s geographical lines ...

"American Rust" offers a portrait of post-industrial towns that some might dismiss as "misery porn," but there are flickers of hope and intrigue amid the gloom.

For decades, we’ve watched Rust Belt cities decline while “superstar” cities, often driven by tech jobs, prosper. New research suggests tech jobs may be spreading out in the US—but not in ...