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Mark Wilson is a 21-year veteran of the Wilkinsburg Police Department. When violence does erupt in his hometown, Wilson sees up close how the presence of illegal guns escalates the situation. He’s left wondering what pushes someone to take another’s life.
PublicSource sat down recently with Dr. Karen Hacker, the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department, for an in-depth discussion about the lead crisis, the opioid epidemic, air pollution and more. Here are the key takeaways.
Facebook Live interview with the Environmental Integrity Project’s Lisa Graves-Marcucci
Priya Ray is a member of the Girls of Steel robotics team at Carnegie Mellon University. As part of the all-girl team, 16-year-old Priya and her team members work together to build robots that perform tasks, like picking items up or tossing them.
Closing racial achievement gaps, reducing the number of student suspensions, improving third-grade literacy, including more black students in the gifted program and diversifying the district-wide teaching staff.
Since 2011, longtime Beltzhoover resident Natalie Thomas has been the caretaker of the Unified Positive Effect Community Garden at the corner of Climax Street and Estella Avenue. Thomas, 62, said the space used to be a jungle of overgrown weeds and grass that attracted neighborhood crime. Now people know not to “mess with” her garden, and she said she’s noticed a reduction in crime on the block.
As the May 16 primary for Pittsburgh’s mayoral election approaches, PublicSource wants you to have access to the candidates.
We interviewed Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Darlene Harris on Facebook Live about lead, bike lanes, wild animals and what she'd do to change the city.
In an interview with PublicSource, Peduto discussed some of the city’s quirks, including the parking chair and the Pittsburgh left, as well as important policies such as affordable housing, disputes over bike lanes and the ongoing problems with lead in the water.
