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There are communal alternatives to the Thanksgiving table

by Christine Graziano November 20, 2023November 20, 2023

In Pittsburgh’s Bhutanese community, ‘first aid’ for the struggle with mental health stigma

by Tanya Babbar November 17, 2023November 19, 2023

Michelle Steiner at home in Butler. She is photographed through a window with curtains and beech trees in the background, she looks off to the side. (Photo by Clare Sheedy/PublicSource)

Sunflowers program helped me find the courage to travel with hidden disabilities

by First-person essay by Michelle Steiner November 10, 2023November 14, 2023

Graphic card with a picture of a turkey and text saying Tell us your story.

Community storytelling

Alone on Turkey Day? We want to hear from you about it.

by Rich Lord November 6, 2023November 13, 2023

Tahirah Walker in the Point Park University Library on Friday, October 27, 2023. (Photo by Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource)

Building relationships with people — not institutions — revived my almost-abandoned academic career

by First-person essay by Tahirah J. Walker November 3, 2023November 5, 2023

Andy Kelemen and a neighbor chat outside of his home in Central Lawrenceville. Although he rues the general lack of a sense of community in his neighborhood, Andy has met a few neighbors when walking his dog. (Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource)

Where have all my neighbors gone? How short-term rentals are shrinking my community.

by First-person essay by Andy Kelemen October 27, 2023October 30, 2023

George McClure sits for a portrait. He is wearing a blue-collared shirt and black-rimmed glasses.

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I’m honoring my three kidney donors by trying to stop others dying before receiving theirs

by Venuri SiriwardaneOctober 20, 2023October 21, 2023

Hi View Gardens tenant Santaris Porter, right, and his daughter, Avry Hays, 5, listen during a tenant council meeting outside Hi View on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in McKeesport. ”We have the big pest problem here and I want to see that addressed,” said Porter, who has lived at the apartment complex for a year and a half. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Fighting for improvements, Hi View Gardens residents wait for PNC to sell or pay

by Kate Giammarise and Rich Lord October 18, 2023October 22, 2023

Cynthia McMahan sits outside of the Oakland branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on October 5, 2023. McMahan recognizes that not all Pittsburgh residents have equal access to such “Palaces for the People.” (Photo by Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource).

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Med student: Can church basement card games keep seniors out of hospitals?

by Cynthia McMahan October 13, 2023October 15, 2023

Maria Manautou-Matos sits in Mellon Green Park in Downtown Pittsburgh in a blue shirt and white pants on September 29, 2023. She started going there during her lunchbreak when she worked in the area to meditate and dream. It is where the idea of Presente was born. (Photo by Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource).

Three incidents made me feel like an outsider in Pittsburgh — and drove me to make other Latinos feel included

by Maria Manautou-Matos October 6, 2023October 7, 2023