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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Note to the national political press corps: Enough with the Rust Belt. The term’s implication of exhaustion and decay may have fit the Great Lakes and industrial Midwest in the 1970s and ‘80s. I ...

Allentown, Pennsylvania — One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manufacturing hub is full of ...

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 ...