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Pittsburgh's housing authority is incentivizing landlords in more affluent neighborhoods to take housing vouchers.
Research reveals that Pittsburgh children who grew up just blocks away from one another have had very different life outcomes in income, employment and incarceration, among other results.
Some came angry. Others hurt, their eyes brimming with tears, their voices wavering with emotion. More than 100 Black men and women turned out Thursday night at Ebenezer Baptist Church to share their experiences with discrimination for the public hearing on Pittsburgh City Council’s “All-In Cities” initiative.
We must confront gun violence directly.
Solutions to gun violence must acknowledge racial inequities in our neighborhoods.
A recent report highlighted stark racial inequities in Pittsburgh. For Black residents in the area, a common question is whether they should stay or move away.
Parks can improve the health of people and communities, but there's some skepticism that the city has more pressing priorities and shouldn't use a tax referendum for this cause.
Researchers, nonprofit leaders and advocates who gathered Monday continued to criticize a September report on racial and gender inequity for its predominantly white research team and the failure to engage Black leaders and community organizations already working on similar issues.
Pittsburgh art museums have a problem. The artists they amplify and the staff they employ are not diverse enough, which means that our communities and our city as a whole suffer as a result. Because our museums don’t accurately reflect our population, many of our residents aren’t being served.
Compelling personal stories
told by the people living them. When I was 6 years old, I sat cross-legged in my grandmother’s living room. My hands framed my face as I hung onto her every word. She told a story highlighting horrific ways human beings treated each other, and she described juxtaposed realities of the people who lived in the same town. I thought it was the next installment in a series of fables she was telling.
