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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...