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‘Is it hard to be blind?’ What I want people to know about my journey, history and where we go from here.

by First-person essay by Sally Hobart Alexander August 11, 2023August 10, 2023

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FuentePública (PublicSource) se propone conocer (y hacer un mapa de) Beechview

by Rich Lord July 29, 2023August 3, 2023

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PublicSource sets out to meet (and map) Beechview

by Rich Lord July 29, 2023July 28, 2023

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Uncovering Pittsburgh’s long-hidden Asian American history made me feel at home — and I learned I wasn’t alone

by First-person essay by Lena Chen July 28, 2023July 30, 2023

ECONOMY & HOUSING

On the Hill: ‘Take it down, just let me have one brick.’

by Rich Lord, Lucas Dufalla and Stephanie Strasburg July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

Eli Kurs-Lasky, wearing noise-canceling headphones. (Photo by Benjamin Brady/PublicSource)

From loving ‘pandemonium’ to enduring the pandemic, ‘disability pride’ has proved elusive

by First-person essay by Eli Kurs-Lasky July 21, 2023July 23, 2023

American toads are one of 14 species and sub-species native to Western Pennsylvania. (Photo by Melanie Linn Gutowski/NEXTpittsburgh)

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How you can get involved in science from your own Pennsylvania backyard

by First-person essay by Melanie Linn Gutowski July 18, 2023July 17, 2023

Amber Edmunds at her desk at the MAYA Organization offices in Swissvale on July 12, 2023. As the executive director of MAYA Organization, Edmunds works to challenge the lack of support that society provides to Black mothers. (Photo by Alexis Wary/PublicSource)

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I’ve seen Black mothers talk about ‘loss like it’s grocery shopping,’ and I’m dedicating myself to uplifting them

by First-person essay by Amber Edmunds July 14, 2023July 12, 2023

David Lettrich, executive director of Bridge to the Mountains, is reflected in his car mirror as he takes calls from outreach workers in between rounds to encampments throughout the city on Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Allegheny County’s homeless community embraced me. Our region’s leaders should keep working to comfort unhoused people

by A first-person essay by Dave Lettrich July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

Volunteers work in a raised bed in Sunny’s Community Garden on Granville Street in the Hill District. The community gathering space opened in 2021 and has grown to a second location in Manchester. (Photo courtesy of Sunny’s Community Garden)

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Sunny’s Community Garden grows beyond the Hill District to second location in Manchester

by Ethan Woodfill July 6, 2023July 6, 2023