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The Avalon Apartment Homes in Avalon, where one tenant's rent nearly doubled to $1,783 last year. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

Soaring rents, waning options: For tenants on tight budgets, the North Hills isn’t a friendly place

By Rich Lord

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Develop PGH Bulletins: People displaced from Penn Plaza applying for planned apartments

By Rich Lord

‘By the Book’ PGH K-12 Bulletins: Pittsburgh Public summer program postponed, may need to shrink by 1,000 students

By TyLisa C. Johnson

‘People are venturing outside again.’ County officials tout success of COVID vaccinations

By PublicSource

Top 10 toxic polluters in Pittsburgh: Meet the new #1.

By Michael Machosky, NEXTpittsburgh

DEVELOP PGH

Inclusionary zoning is taking hold in Lawrenceville. Is the rest of Pittsburgh next?

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COVID-19

Kids in the Pittsburgh region balance benefits and risks of the COVID vaccine

MENTAL HEALTH

Hanging in there: Mental health and wellbeing in the aftermath of COVID-19

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Episode 11, Season 2: Leading with generosity — A conversation with a local jeweler about his career and culture of giving.

COVID-19

Religious leaders recast COVID-19 moment: We can’t come back the same.
Worker-owned cooperatives and the future of Rust Belt labor
COVID tests are often free. These Pittsburghers felt frustrated by unexpected costs.

Mental Health

Hanging in there: Mental health and wellbeing in the aftermath of COVID-19
Medicaid ensures low-income residents have mental health care. But are enough Pittsburgh therapists approved to take it?
Renters: Here is how to find legal help, mental health support and shelter in Allegheny County

Public Safety

Emails show Pittsburgh police officers accessed Clearview facial recognition after BLM protests
What would a less-policed Pittsburgh look like? A community coalition offers its vision
Pittsburgh police are investigating correspondence between Clearview facial recognition and police staff

Education

‘By the Book’ PGH K-12 Bulletins: Pittsburgh Public summer program postponed, may need to shrink by 1,000 students
‘A forgotten piece’: Pioneer Center community finds respite in each other in COVID learning
Keeping a promise: Can higher ed institutions answer the calls to embrace Black students, staff and faculty?

DEVELOP PGH

Develop PGH Bulletins: People displaced from Penn Plaza applying for planned apartments
Soaring rents, waning options: For tenants on tight budgets, the North Hills isn’t a friendly place
Inclusionary zoning is taking hold in Lawrenceville. Is the rest of Pittsburgh next?

Social justice

Gender wage gap shrinking at Pittsburgh-area nonprofits. But not everyone benefits, and diversity problems persist.
Finding a therapist who takes Medicare feels like a full-time job. I’ve been looking for a year.
From Appalachian cities to hollers, community health workers are a ‘course correction to inclusion’

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portraits of four kids

Kids in the Pittsburgh region balance benefits and risks of the COVID vaccine

By Meg St-Esprit

Parents can turn to reliable doctors and sources to help their children make decisions on the shot.

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