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I’m a Gen X doctor in the Rust Belt who cut back on medicine to compose our region’s story—our way.

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After years of listening to the coasts tell us what to think about ourselves, I couldn't take it anymore.

So I took matters into my own hands. This is the real Rust Belt.

Colin Kaepernick and I share the same birth city—Milwaukee. And that’s where the similarities end. He doesn’t know me. And

The most diverse place in Rochester—no, I didn’t actually measure anything. But when you’re immersed in Great Lakes segregation, it’s

Being a nephrologist, I reminded myself, was my choice. It’s just that, as I looked into her eyes, I couldn’t

Colin Kaepernick and I share the same birth city—Milwaukee. And that’s where the similarities end. He doesn’t know me. And

The most diverse place in Rochester—no, I didn’t actually measure anything. But when you’re immersed in Great Lakes segregation, it’s

Being a nephrologist, I reminded myself, was my choice. It’s just that, as I looked into her eyes, I couldn’t