By women, for women: The romance genre takes on abortion advocacy
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the romance literature community responded with a million-word anthology. “Dissent” features short stories from over 150 authors from around the world with all royalties going to U.S. abortion rights funds. It is so large its content spills into three separate hardbacks.…
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CMU’s answer to prof’s tweet, wishing ‘excruciating’ pain for queen, stirs campus backlash
In a flurry of petitions, Carnegie Mellon University students and faculty — plus allies from around the world — are blasting the school’s reaction to a professor’s anti-colonialist tweet issued as Queen Elizabeth II was dying.
After a sometimes-frightening summer, South Side looks back and forward
On a summer Saturday night at the South Side’s Armstrong Field, six year old Halle stepped up to the dusty home plate in her pink party dress and pearls. Her aunts, uncles, and cousins awaited the ping of the wiffle…
‘Pathways to prosperity’ at the heart of early collaboration between Pittsburgh mayor, superintendent
Mayor Ed Gainey and Pittsburgh Public Schools leaders announced a new partnership for workforce development that could be an early collaboration between the city and the school district since the superintendent and the mayor took office this year. The “Prepare…
CMU professor: Wish of ‘pain’ upon Queen Elizabeth’s death stemmed from 1960s tragedy
A Carnegie Mellon University professor who wished Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating” pain in a viral tweet Thursday detailed her reasons for her controversial statement in an email to PublicSource. Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition at CMU,…
The purity movement told young people that ‘you are not your own,’ and the harm from that message persists
Looking back, I suppose there is some humor in realizing that I signed a virginity pledge on a holiday revolving around a virgin birth. On Christmas morning of 2008, I was 15 years old and received a little silver ring…
URA weighs joining Housing Authority to aid new homeowners
In an effort to help first time homebuyers contend with rising real estate costs, the City of Pittsburgh set aside $15 million from federal American Rescue Plan aid for grants and deferred mortgages. The Urban Redevelopment Authority [URA], the city’s…
Second chance for Pittsburgh’s first public housing: Application for $50 million nearly done
Pittsburgh’s housing authority is finalizing plans to apply for a federal grant to completely redevelop the city’s oldest public housing development. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh [HACP] will be applying for a $50 million grant through Choice…
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Fred Kraybill squinted as he looked out across his patio toward the 40 or so people gathered behind his home in Point Breeze on a warm August evening. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he began, “I’d like to welcome you to the celebration for the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate bill in the history of the…
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Updated: A lawsuit could lower thousands of tax bills and threaten Allegheny County’s ‘house of cards’ property assessment system
Update (9/1/22): Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Alan Hertzberg issued an order setting the Common Level Ratio at 63.53%, and ordering the county to “immediately” submit supporting data to the State Tax Equalization Board. Many Allegheny County property owners will get the opportunity to slash their real estate taxes. The open questions: By…
Pittsburgh’s quest to get a ‘fair share’ from big nonprofits has lasted for decades. Here’s the 4-minute version.
Pleas by Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials for help from large nonprofit institutions have been hamstrung by a lack of leverage, but PublicSource’s series The Exempt Dilemma revealed a range of potential paths forward.
Medical emergencies, mac-and-cheese mishaps and elevator rescues: Pitt dorms draw city services, but should the university help fund them?
Pittsburgh public safety crews serve addresses regardless of tax status, but some high-call-volume locations — including dorms — don’t generate taxes to support them.
ShotSpotter reports gunshots in Pittsburgh 3,000 times a year. One case could deflect its use in court.
The alert system is increasingly important in police efforts to understand and address gun crime, but the state Supreme Court may soon address whether it tilts the scales of justice.
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