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In a yellow coat and white bucket hat while wearing orange gloves, Lynn Glorieux sweeps up trash around Allegheny Commons on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in East Allegheny. Since moving to East Allegheny 30 years ago, she takes to the sidewalks surrounding the park for this daily practice. Behind her, tents line the railroad-side encampment along Stockton Avenue, across from where she tends to the Allegheny Commons Community Gardens. The encampment was later cleared by the city. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

‘An internal battle’: After two multi-fatal shootings, East Allegheny is reviewing past trauma and pushing for solutions

by Amelia Winger December 19, 2022December 20, 2022

When Lynn Glorieux moved to East Allegheny in 1992, the narrow alley adjacent to her Lockhart Street apartment was a sea of trash, cresting at her knees. She didn’t hesitate to reach for her broom and dustpan. A lesson from her mother — a Girl Scout leader and stickler for cleanliness — rang in her […]

Maria Montaño, press secretary for Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, places her hand on the back of Brenda Gregg, pastor at Destiny of Faith Church along Brighton Road, while Gregg addresses the media on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, by her church. Gregg told the media that the church’s planned Halloween activities would go on, despite the multiple-person shooting that took place outside the church earlier that day during a funeral there. At back, City of Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey looks on. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Funeral shooting in Brighton Heights reflects cycle of violence and spiral of pain, advocates and officials say

by Eric Jankiewicz, Amelia Winger, Stephanie Strasburg and Charlie Wolfson October 28, 2022November 1, 2022

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Teens changing the rhetoric around youth violence in the Pittsburgh area | S4, Ep. 1

by Jourdan Hicks October 12, 2022January 9, 2023

Deahmi Mobley (foreground), a freshman at Central Catholic High School, talks about his essay decrying youth violence and his subsequent involvement in the Do the Write Thing program, at the PublicSource office in Uptown Pittsburgh on Aug. 5, 2022. His fellow Do the Write Thing ambassador Jaia Harrison is in the background. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

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One love, one fight for tomorrow

by First-person essay by Deahmi Mobley October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

Jaia Harrison (left), a freshman at Northgate Senior High School, talks about her essay calling for attention to youth mental health and her subsequent involvement in the Do the Write Thing program, at the PublicSource office in Uptown Pittsburgh on Aug. 5, 2022, with fellow youth ambassador Deahmi Mobley. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)

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Making change: Youth violence and its effects in Pittsburgh

by First-person essay by Jaia Harrison October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

Six year old Halle is seen shown swinging a blue wiffle ball bat as her family waits in the outfield of the South Side's Armstrong Park. In the distance, the homes of 12th Street border the street across from the park. Halle wears a pink sundress, pearls, and a pink scarf in her dark hair.

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

After a sometimes-frightening summer, South Side looks back and forward

by Terryaun Bell and Stephanie Strasburg September 12, 2022September 16, 2022

Police use flashlights pointed at the sidewalk as they look at bullet casings on the ground while responding to a Shotspotter alert by 13th Street and Roland Way on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, in the South Side. In the foreground, two other police officers look towards them. In the background, two other police officers shine look at the scene. Police found a gunshot victim nearby and arrested an armed man that bar security had detained. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

ShotSpotter reports gunshots in Pittsburgh 3,000 times a year. One case could deflect its use in court.

by Charlie Wolfson, Amelia Winger and Rich Lord August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

Bullet casings on the street

Black communities are disproportionately hurt by gun violence. We can’t ignore them.

by Essay by Nick Cotter November 18, 2019November 20, 2019

Trayvon Martin’s mother tells Pittsburgh audience to push for justice following the fatal shooting of Antwon Rose II

by Stephanie Hacke January 17, 2019July 21, 2022

Pittsburgh reveals gun control bills promised after Tree of Life shooting

by Jeffrey Benzing December 14, 2018January 15, 2019