CLEVELAND, Ohio — The City of Cleveland is teaming up with Rust Belt Riders to make it easier for residents to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in the city landfill. On Wednesday, the City of ...

Smoke rises from the U.S. Steel Corp.'s factory by the Gary Metro Center tracks in Gary, Indiana, on Oct. 31. To the right is City Hall. You’ve probably never heard of Indiana state Sen. Eddie Melton.

BUFFALO, N.Y.—When 18-year-old Karolina Espinosa looks back to her freshman year at Buffalo’s Hutchinson Central Technical High School, graduation seemed like a long shot. “At the time,” she said, ...

Many of the nation’s most economically distressed populations, as mapped by zip code, are concentrated in the so-called “rust belt” across the upper midwest. A city that has become the poster child ...

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 ...

Houses are more expensive than ever. Matt Shorraw is giving them away for free. Mr. Shorraw is the mayor of Monessen, Pa., a small city set in a curve of the Monongahela River, which has hundreds of ...