By Neil Cosgrove Confronted with an unfavorable National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that Block Communication, Inc. has violated labor law by refusing to pay a 5% increase in health insurance premiums […]
Panel to Discuss Proposed Toxic Cracker Plant
By Wanda Guthrie How will our city be impacted by the proposed upwind petrochemical plants? Can we afford to accept Allegheny County’s rank as in the top 1% of cancer rates ? […]
Death in Donora; Episode 1
The 1939 Donora High School yearbook baseball team photo features Hall of Famer Stan Musial (top row, second from left) and Buddy Griffey (front row, at left), the grandfather of Mariners great […]
Learning to Think Black?
By Marianne Novy Rev. Al Lingo, a Protestant minister, spoke this February 9 at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to members of Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) Southwest, seminarians, and others about his journey […]
Congressional Profiles – March 13th Election, 18th Dist.
By Jim McCarville US Congressional Election March 13 -18th District A special election will be held March 13 to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, for PA’s Dist. 18. […]
PNC Bank Anti-Nuke Campaign: Growing and Spreading
Peter Deutsch, Secretary, and Nancy O’Leary, President of Beaver County Peace Links send their Stop Banking the Bomb message at the corner of Forbes and Murray in Squirrel Hell on February 9. […]
Amazon HQ2 Won’t Deliver What Working Pittsburghers Need
Photo provided by the authors. By Alex Lucena and Alicia Salvadeo As developers in our area continue to level working class neighborhoods to make room for Google, Uber, and high-profile startups, Amazon […]
How Amazon HQ2 Would Worsen the Housing Crisis
By Maggie Weaver With the announcement that Pittsburgh made the short list for Amazon’s second headquarters (HQ2), some were thrilled; the company has seduced cities with its promise of 50,000 jobs and […]
An Update on Gerrymandering in PA
By Suzanne Broughton The new map of Congressional districts will be a significant improvement, provided it is actually implemented for the 2018 Congressional elections. But it solves only half the problem, and […]
Fed Up P-G Journalists Challenge Paper’s Owner
By Neil Cosgrove It isn’t nostalgic feelings for print journalism that convinces us the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette must hold onto its 150 reporters, photographers, artists, page designers, web and copy editors, and pay […]
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