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Portrait of Nikki Burfield in a pink shirt holding an ice cream cone

GENDER & IDENTITY

How coming out as a trans woman set me free

by First-person essay by Nikki Burfield June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

Members of Carnegie Mellon University's Feminists Engaged in Multicultural Matters and Education club stand in rows, holding protest signs.

GENDER & IDENTITY

How student leaders of Pittsburgh campus groups are responding, mobilizing after Roe reversal

by Emma Folts June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

One continuous line drawing of human head with plant inside. Mental health and psychology vector concept. Creative ideas, grow up, positive thinking and self care. Background has a risoprint texture and there is a pale green circle superimposed in the background halfway between the drawing image of the brain.

‘People like me’ in mental health recovery are worthy of support, family and faith

by First-person essay by Terri Winaught June 27, 2022September 7, 2022

On Wendover Street in Squirrel Hill, a Dumpster becomes a community dump. (Photo by Taylor Noakes/PublicSource)

Man vs. trash heap: How my fight against litter taught me about the city I left behind

by Taylor C. Noakes June 21, 2022September 7, 2022

illustration of a family with a small infant in the middle, a blue door, wallpaper and a keyhold with an eye

GENDER & IDENTITY

Letter to a future legendary: Affirming a Black child’s gender identity

by Tahirah Walker June 10, 2022September 7, 2022

GENDER & IDENTITY

The menstrual movement — a local youth perspective

by Andrea Shockling June 3, 2022September 7, 2022

Led by Leo Hsu, right, attendees of the Chinese Cemetery and Squirrel Hill Photo Tour cross the street at Forbes and Murray avenues. (Photo by Clare Sheedy/PublicSource)

Community storytelling

Picturing Asian-American life in Squirrel Hill in the ’80s

by Clare Sheedy May 27, 2022May 27, 2022

Tahirah Walker, photographed outside her home, writes an essay about 10 years of life in Turtle Creek and what it taught her.

Ten Years in Turtle Creek where I learned about community-making

by Tahirah Walker May 26, 2022September 7, 2022

Love and loss in the time of COVID-19

by Bill Zlatos May 19, 2022September 7, 2022

Braddock Starship #1 (Photo by Nathan Van Patter/PublicSource)

The beauty and decay around my North Braddock home drove my art forward with a question: Where do we think this is going?

by First person essay and photographs by Nathan Van Patter May 9, 2022September 7, 2022