PUBLIC SAFETY
Black communities are disproportionately hurt by gun violence. We can’t ignore them.
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Solutions to gun violence must acknowledge racial inequities in our neighborhoods.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Active shooter trainings in PA: What have Allegheny County school districts spent?
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Pennsylvania schools are required to hold security drills. Most schools are avoiding big expenses.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Some families displaced by five-alarm fire are in limbo. Where will they go?
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A fire that destroyed much of a low-income apartment building on the edge of West Oakland and the Hill District on Saturday and displaced 74 people left some residents still unsure where they’ll end up.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Active shooter drills have become common in Pittsburgh-area schools but mental health effects remain unknown
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With mass shootings on the rise, school districts find themselves with the responsibility to prepare students and staff. But there is little study to how effective drills are and if there are long-term implications.
PUBLIC SAFETY
A look inside the ALICE active shooter training taken by Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators
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Oh, I feel nervous, and I know it’s a drill,’ said one principal, hiding under a desk.
PUBLIC SAFETY
In Allegheny County, domestic violence offenders often avoid the most serious punishment
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To take a closer look at domestic violence prosecution, PublicSource evaluated the 789 cases closed in 2017 by the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit of the Allegheny County District Attorney Office. For that year, it was rare for anyone to be convicted of a felony related to domestic violence.
Foster Tarver served 49 years as a murder accomplice. Should Pittsburgh’s housing authority deny him housing forever?
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Should a murder conviction disqualify a person from public housing?
PUBLIC SAFETY
Could Pittsburgh’s proposed gun control bills disproportionately impact black residents?
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“Any ordinance like this… always lands on the backs of young African-Americans,” Rev. De Neice Welch said broadly about gun control laws. “Always.”
Aftermath: Synagogue attack
How some Pittsburgh-area faith leaders have addressed security concerns since the synagogue shooting
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“If we know that xenophobia and Islamophobia and vilification of marginalized and minority communities is less of an issue in America, then people will feel safer. If we know that that’s not the case and we are not moving towards that, then people don’t feel safe.”
MONEY & POLITICS
During five years in office, has Mayor Peduto fulfilled his pledges to Pittsburgh?
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Five years into being mayor, has Pittsburgh seen results from Mayor Bill Peduto’s ideas?
