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Attacks on Immigrants Put Erie’s Revival in Danger

The once-declining Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been bouncing back, partly thanks to immigration. The Trump administration’s policies threaten that growth.

Capital & Main

Which U.S. Towns See Economic Change First? [2025 Survey]

Discover which towns in every U.S. state detect economic shifts first, based on a 2025 survey of 3,000+ business leaders. From Rust Belt cities to remote work hubs, learn which places feel hiring and inflation changes before the rest.

MarketBeat

Gary Winslett: The American Dream Has Migrated South

Middlebury professor Gary Winslett argues the South—not China—poached the Rust Belt’s manufacturing base by out-competing it on policy.

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'A big missing part of the story' — Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt in the battle for U.S. manufacturing jobs

"The Rust Belt’s manufacturing decline isn’t primarily about jobs going to Mexico. It’s about jobs going to Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee."

Fortune

Delays and uncertainty dog Intel’s dream of Rust belt manufacturing hub

The company is hanging on by a thread amid rumors it may be broken up and sold – an instability keenly felt in Ohio

The Guardian - US

Trump's 2016 Electoral College Victory Explained

Learn how Donald Trump won the 2016 election by securing key Rust Belt states despite losing the popular vote.

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Trump and Harris vie for marginal gains during last weekend before US elections

Donald Trump faced harsh criticism for violent remarks targeting a high-profile Republican supporter of Kamala Harris on Friday as the candidates held rallies in critical Rust Belt battleground states four days before the climax of a volatile US presidential campaign. Meanwhile, the growing polarisation in politics and media give rise…

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Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a term that describes Midwestern industrial and manufacturing states whose economies were decimated by the decline of those industries in the 1970s. This region contains the coveted states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

The Conversation

Harris Slips in the Rust Belt States as Donald Trump Takes Slim Lead in Michigan, Poll Finds

The threat of war in the Middle East is now a top concern in the region, with Trump ahead on the issue in Wisconsin and Michigan, Quinnipiac University found

Latin Times

Trump repeats broken 2016 vow to make Michigan ‘car capital of world again’ at campaign rally

Republican former president made similar promises before 2016 election in Rust belt states with little result

The Guardian - US

Harris has two paths to victory – Rust belt or Sun belt, polling analysts say

Vice-president grows newly competitive in four southern Sun belt states Trump once dominated

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris Faces Criticism For Past Fracking Ban Support

Kamala Harris faces criticism for her past support of banning fracking, particularly in Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania.

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Republican JD Vance Gears Up For Presidential Campaign Trail

Republican JD Vance begins solo campaign trail after Biden's exit, aligning with Trump to target Rust Belt states. Vance's blue-collar background and evolv...

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Trump Holds Rally In Michigan With VP Pick JD Vance

Trump and Vance rally in Michigan to win over Rust Belt voters amidst Democratic divisions and Biden's isolation.

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The Independent UK

Inside the unlikely romance of JD Vance and wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, from Yale Law to a Kentucky wedding

When JD Vance began law school at Yale, the Rust Belt native encountered total culture shock — but also met his wife, the whipsmart daughter of Indian immigrants who helped him navigate the Ivy League, healthy relationships and his run for Vice President alongside Donald Trump. Sheila Flynn chronicles their…

International Business Times

Biden, Trump Battle For Blue-collar Voters As Steel Merger Looms

Working class voters in Rust Belt cities like Pittsburgh used to favor Democrats overwhelmingly, but years of economic hardship and the rise of social issues favoring Republicans have made them a swing constituency again in 2024.

International Business Times

In Scranton, Aging US Factory Makes Shells For Ukraine

In brick buildings that are more than a century old in Joe Biden's Rust Belt hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, dated machinery continues to churn out machinery for modern conflicts -- especially the war in Ukraine.

Roll Call

‘We demand a cease-fire’: Takeaways from Biden’s Rust Belt campaign swing - Roll Call

President Biden was back in Wisconsin and Michigan to raise money and court voters — but he was met with more pro-Palestinian sentiment.

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Fortune

Revenge of the Rust Belt: The surprising forces that have made the Midwest the hottest housing market around

According to American Enterprise Institute data, eight of the nine cities achieving the highest appreciation in housing prices for the 12 months ended Aug. 31 hail from the Midwest.

The Guardian - US

Rust Belt Union Blues: how Trump wooed workers away from the Democrats

From the parking lots of Pennsylvania steel country to the megachurches of Michigan, a new book traces a great political migration that has transformed the US electoral landscape

The Independent UK

At the site of the Ohio train derailment, Trump fires up his 2024 battle plan

America’s union workers were crucial to Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, but key to his defeat in 2020, writes John Bowden

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Delay in making naloxone an over-the-counter drug to counter opioid overdoses was deadly

It's been six years since a startling story in The New York Times detailed how fatal opioid overdoses were tearing through rural regions of the United States "like a plow through soil." The report came as the nation was beginning to grasp that it faced the deadliest wave of drug…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: The barely hidden fascism of Ron DeSantis makes a Pa. pit stop on a race to ’24

The Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, brought his act to Pittsburgh on Friday and left little doubt that he’s running for president in 2024. We need to talk about this, but first, let’s look at the even more revealing event that DeSantis staged right before he boarded the jet…

The Independent UK

Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town

Call it bel canto in the Rust Belt

Tribune News Service

New on DVD: Small town turned upside down in 'American Rust'

A murder mystery set in a fictional Rust Belt town tops the DVD releases for the week of Jan. 25.

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