Commentators in charge of explaining Donald Trump’s surprise victory seem to have settled on the idea that the white working class in the Rust Belt played a decisive role. In the New York Times, for ...

The story of the Rust Belt begins with spectacular success, not failure. Between the late 19th century and the late 20th century, the Rust Belt formed the industrial heartland of the country, with ...

We don't converse on cellphones the size of bricks anymore, wear slap bracelets or sport big hair. So why are we still using another relic from the 1980s -- the phrase "Rust Belt" -- to describe a ...

The Rust Belt, the postindustrial midwest, flyover country. Are these terms—which describe the area roughly from Wisconsin to Buffalo, New York—useful anymore? Were they ever? Every four years, the ...

Step aside Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. Sorry, but you’re just not cool anymore. These days, you need to have crumbling roads, triple-decker ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- “You don’t really think of Rust Belt cuisine as being vegan,” Meredith Pangrace said. “It’s an oxymoron.” Well, it’s no longer an oxymoron, thanks to “Rust Belt Vegan Kitchen,” a ...

We've seen the fortunes rise for America's cities on the east and west coasts, and the cities of the Sun Belt continue their rapid acceleration in growth and prosperity. Where I live, in the capital ...