Low-Wage Living
Low-Wage Living: Joey, a Deaf man, struggles to advance in the workforce
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Joey D’Auria is Deaf. He believes the related societal barriers have stalled his professional life.
PUBLICSOURCE LIVE
Watch: PublicSource LIVE interview with District 9 candidate Cherylie Fuller
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PublicSource community correspondent Jourdan Hicks spoke with District 9 candidate Randall Taylor about how he plans to unseat District 9 City Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess, his campaign platform and his vision for equitable housing development in Pittsburgh. The primary election will be held May 21.
MONEY & POLITICS
Q&A with Pittsburgh City Council District 7 incumbent Gross and challenger Kane
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One of the more interesting races for a Pittsburgh City Council seat is happening in District 7. It's the only face-off where the Allegheny County Democratic Committee did not endorse the incumbent, in this case Councilwoman Deb Gross. Instead the committee gave the nod to challenger Deirdre Kane, a district resident who works in marketing at Highmark.
PUBLICSOURCE LIVE
Watch: PublicSource LIVE interview with District 9 candidate Stephen Braxton
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PublicSource community correspondent Jourdan Hicks spoke with District 9 candidate Randall Taylor about how he plans to unseat District 9 City Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess, his campaign platform and his vision for equitable housing development in Pittsburgh. The primary election will be held May 21.
PUBLICSOURCE LIVE
Watch: PublicSource LIVE interview with District 9 candidate Randall Taylor
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PublicSource community correspondent Jourdan Hicks spoke with District 9 candidate Randall Taylor about how he plans to unseat District 9 City Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess, his campaign platform and his vision for equitable housing development in Pittsburgh. The primary election will be held May 21.
FIRST PERSON
Being a ‘momtrepreneur’ is a lot to juggle. But my sons and I made a pact to take the journey together.
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I’m juggling a lot: My own business. My three boys and what seems like all-day potty talk. Economic adversity. And recovery from cervical cancer. I consider myself a momtrepreneur. I’m a woman who is raising children while building a healthy vending machine company from scratch.
FIRST PERSON
My multiple identities as a deaf, black mom allow me to connect on a different level
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Those who don’t know me may see me merely as an intersection of many identities — a deaf, black woman. Each one of those identities on their own would commonly put me into the marginalized category. But as a mom to 10-year-old Aaron and 5-year-old Manny, I can’t rest on these statistics.
DEVELOP PGH
Industrial buildings tell Pittsburgh’s story. Preserving them is costly and takes dedication.
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In some cases, fragments of historic sites survive based on their value as industrial heritage or their adaptability into venues for culture and tourism. In a few other cases, factory sheds are reused as office or light manufacturing spaces, if they can compete in the real estate market.But most often, it seems these relics of our industrial roots are razed.
DEVELOP PGH
Hays Woods task force says ‘no’ to housing. Residents learn its early findings.
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Residents and business owners near Pittsburgh’s Hays Woods heard good news Wednesday night about one of their greatest fears.
