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 ...

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 manufacturing ...

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 ...

The decline of manufacturing jobs in the Rust Belt began after World War II because of economic transformations. Cities that adapted to these changes by having a more educated workforce thrived ...

President Donald Trump’s tariff diplomacy has been a shock treatment to the global economic order, intended as a kind of radiation and chemotherapy to kill the cancer that created the Rust Belt. But ...

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 ...

For Rust Belt communities, a coherent strategy combining “awareness” and “alignment” could be a key to economic growth. This strategy can provide knowledge, financial incentives and guidance for ...

Those who live and work there say manufacturing and a clean environment can -- and must -- coexist to help keep the Rust Belt economy alive. "It's a false choice to say it's one or the other," said ...