The lessons emerging from Flint’s water crisis could form an agenda for the entire Rust Belt, to prevent future tragedies in other cities and work toward their resurgence.
Read the story at Belt Magazine.
In New Hampshire, battling drug addiction is more important than the economy. So several presidential hopefuls have turned to activist Holly Cekala to learn more about addiction and recovery.
Read the story at Politico Magazine.
Ohio’s famously abrasive governor ditches the tough talk to convince New Hampshire voters he’s the anti-Trump.
Read the story at Politico Magazine.
More coverage:
Kasich’s Secret Ingredient: Improv — As “robo-Rubio” became a meme, the GOP’s most experienced candidate went the other way. (Feb. 9)
Two ex-governors, a mayor, the MBTA’s chief, and the secretary of transportation explain why Boston’s transit system is getting exactly nowhere.
Is the former MIT instructor an artist who robs banks — or a thief who makes art?
Who owns a neglected ruin? Who owns art left on a ruin? When a piece of wall from Detroit’s Packard Plant, adorned with graffiti by the street artist Banksy, was removed and displayed in an art gallery, debate blossomed.
Read the story at Belt Magazine.
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Maine treasure hunter Greg Brooks found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told investors.
Read the story at Boston Magazine.
More coverage:
Feds: Maine Treasure Hunter Told Pal, ‘We’re Both Going to Get F—ked Now’ (Aug. 28)
Judges: ‘Ample Evidence’ Maine Treasure Hunter Schemed to Defraud Investors (Sept. 8)
In four short months, Boston construction magnate John Fish went from Olympics hero to sitting on the sidelines. How did it all fall apart so quickly?
Erick Trickey 