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As a community health nurse, I know a barrier to health care when I see it. The COVID vaccine signup process is one that can cost lives.

by First-person essay by Lorraine Starsky February 18, 2021November 5, 2021

Toy Slaughter raises a fist during a Black Lives Matter march in Downtown Pittsburgh on Tue., June 16, 2020. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Pittsburgh City Paper)

Misremembering a summer of protest: Comparing the Capitol riot to the racial justice movement cements a false history

by First-person essay by Lara Putnam February 17, 2021November 5, 2021

(Photo via President Joe Biden's official Instagram @joebiden)

Trump threatened the dignity and safety of Latinos. Biden’s early steps give me hope.

by First-person essay by Rosamaria Cristello January 22, 2021November 5, 2021

Insurrectionists scale the walls of the Capitol Building from the West Front. (Quinn Glabicki for PublicSource)

Capitol chaos underscores importance of free press and hope amid insurrection

by Mila Sanina January 7, 2021February 1, 2022

From being a hero to being shunned: Stories from the front lines of Pittsburgh’s pandemic

by Teake Zuidema December 23, 2020November 8, 2021

Divyansh Kaushik is a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University and vice president of external affairs in the Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)

I came to Pittsburgh for higher education in 2017. It’s time to undo the harm Trump’s rhetoric and policies brought to international students.

by Divyansh Kaushik December 9, 2020November 5, 2021

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WATCH: ‘Don’t Clip Our Tails,’ a Pittsburgh poet’s reflection on racial justice

by Ryan Loew November 30, 2020December 8, 2021

Arnie Newsome, 67, stands at his shoeshine station in the Grant Building. He is one of the few shoeshiners remaining Downtown. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

My neighbor’s sole business is ‘closed until further notice’

by Francesca Dabecco November 23, 2020November 5, 2021

Marisa Grywalski and Alejandro Diaz in front of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre building on Liberty Avenue. (Photo by Teake Zuidema)

For these Pittsburgh-area performing artists, the pandemic has meant lost work, reflection and eagerness to share their craft

by Teake Zuidema October 28, 2020November 8, 2021

Collage of profiled silhouettes, including one of a cop in blue and one of a person in red.

Police can’t protect some of us until they protect all of us

by First-person essay by Ada Perlman October 5, 2020November 5, 2021