For decades, Youngstown, Ohio, was a red-hot beating heart of America's steel industry, providing families like Mike Chismar's with real prosperity. "That's why my grandparents came to America. But ...
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., once synonymous with this city, served as the region's largest employer when its huge mill closed in 1977. That triggered a downturn of the U.S. steel industry. "Black ...
WHEN the air is clean around here,” says a longtime resident of Youngstown, “we’re not happy.” In good times, the city’s steel mills along the dirty Mahoning River roll out nearly 10% of the nation’s ...