Mark Kramer, Author at Pittsburgh's Public Source

Black Lives Matter protests in small-town southwestern Pennsylvania: We mapped dozens of locations.

by Juliette Rihl and Mark Kramer July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

To show the scale of Black Lives Matter protests in Pennsylvania, we mapped a few dozen locations in small towns that held anti-racism rallies.

Marchers in Canonsburg head up North Central Avenue toward's the borough building during a June 20, 2020 march against racism and police brutality. (Photo by Heather Mull/PublicSource)

What has motivated residents of small-town Pennsylvania to join in the movement for racial equality?

by Mark Kramer July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

Gov. Wolf, Mayor Peduto call for police reform on the sixth day of Black Lives Matter protests in Pittsburgh

by Mark Kramer June 4, 2020June 8, 2020

A woman jogs along East Carson Street in the South Side on March 20. (Photo by Kimberly Rowen/PublicSource)

24 PA counties can begin reopening; Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald hopes Pittsburgh area will follow soon

by Mark Kramer May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

People walking down a street in Larimer.

Power of Place: How the neighborhood you grow up in affects your future

by Mark Kramer December 11, 2019December 17, 2019

In the LGBTQ community, faith brings comfort and pain. Six Pittsburghers reflect on feeling rejected for who they are.

by Mark Kramer May 9, 2019May 10, 2019

Lawrence Beck moves part of a crib from his Valmar Gardens apartment on Sept. 20. Beck had lived here for three years and said he is planning to move to an apartment in Swissvale. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

‘Milking’: How some absentee property owners contribute to blight in the Pittsburgh region

by Mark Kramer January 22, 2019November 5, 2021

Lisa King, who lived in Valmar Gardens for three years, carries furniture from her apartment with friend Robert Turner on Sept. 20. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Owner of troubled Valmar Gardens apartments has record of problem properties, unpaid taxes and ‘shell games’

by Mark Kramer January 21, 2019November 5, 2021

Cathy Welsh, 44, of Turtle Creek, lost her son to gun violence in November 2018. The mural (left) in the Greater Valley Community Services in Braddock depicts teenagers and young adults from Woodland Hills who have also died due to gun violence since 2005. (Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource

Tree of Life trauma victims may find allies in neighborhoods experiencing chronic gun violence

by Mark Kramer December 27, 2018January 15, 2019

Treating trauma and society’s ‘collective illness’: Mental health experts rally to provide long-lasting care after Tree of Life shooting

by Mark Kramer December 26, 2018December 27, 2018