By Stepahine Schnupp Nearly two years ago on April 6th, 2016, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill to legalize medical cannabis, commonly referred to as marijuana, for qualifying conditions and ailments […]
Social Justice Seekers Look to Make a Difference in 2019
By Kevin Hayes Members of Social Justice Seekers are planning to make positive changes in our city in 2019 through their own work and aligning themselves with other activist groups like the […]
Black Cracks and the Petrochemical Buildout of Western PA
By Patricia M. DeMarco, Ph.D On January 15, 2019 over 150 concerned citizens gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Mt. Lebanon to hear about advances of the petrochemical industry based on […]
County Councilmembers Propose Police Review Board
By Cheryl Bauer In the wake of the shooting of Antwon Rose in the summer of 2018, Allegheny county residents and activists amplified their call for greater accountability of county law enforcement […]
2018 New Person of the Year Award Honoring Monica Ruiz
Trump Tariffs Threaten Free Press
By Maggie Weaver In the Fall of 2016, the Pittsburgh edition of the Tribune-Review changed into an all-digital media source. The Tribune-Review, now The TribLive, was one of the first Pittsburgh […]
Storm Breaks Over Pittsburgh Journalists
By Neil Cosgrove During this past May and June, tensions between Pittsburgh print journalists and their publishers erupted into full-blown confrontation, to the extent that even the most casual of readers had […]
Stop Banking the Bomb Campaign in Beaver County
(Photo by Rev. Paul Dordal) By Nancy O’Leary As a Peace Action, D.C, affiliate, we continue to work and lobby against nuclear proliferation. At the local county fairs, we developed a petition […]
State Legislators Avoid Responsibility for Higher Education
By Neil Cosgrove Here’s the awful truth: a significant, at times decisive, set of Pennsylvania legislators don’t believe their state has an obligation to provide affordable higher education to its less affluent […]
Why We Don’t Love Amazon HQ2; Let Us Count the Ways
By Neil Cosgrove (Photo Caption: Press conference and rally outside of the Pittsburgh P4 (Planet, People, Place, Profit) Conference at the David Lawrence Convention Center on April 26th. (Photo: Kim Dinh) A recent […]
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