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Melanie Linn Gutowski stands amongst the yellow ginkgo leaves she intentionally does not rake up from her yard, on Nov. 3, 2023, at her home in Sharpsburg. Insects shelter among leaves during the winter and the leaves provide nutrients for her soil. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

The lazy Pittsburgher’s guide to going (a little) green

by First-person essay by Melanie Linn Gutowski November 22, 2023June 17, 2024

graphic card with quotes from the story about people spending thanksgiving alone. maroon background.

Community storytelling

Pittsburghers share experiences of joy and isolation on Thanksgivings alone

by Stephanie Mirah November 20, 2023November 20, 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

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.

Community storytelling

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

by Venuri SiriwardaneOctober 20, 2023October 21, 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).

Community storytelling

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

Brook Emery, left, and Anita Zhu, stand outside of Deer Lakes High School where they are both seniors on Sept. 27, 2023, in Cheswick. The two started KFIVE tutoring as a way to pass on the lessons they have learned from adversity. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

From pink pencil to nonprofit: How a writing utensil ignited a passion for tutoring in our community

by Anita Zhu and Brook Emery September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

man stands at a desk in front of photo gallery

Concern for my daughters’ futures steered my architecture practice toward environmental solutions

by Nathan St.Germain September 22, 2023September 24, 2023

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