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The most conclusive data available shows only 58,000 college students out of 19.9 million in 2013 identified as homeless in the United States. There are several reasons to believe that number is vastly underreported.
Child advocates at a Pittsburgh event said arrests of students of color, LGBTQ youth, homeless students and students with disabilities must stop.
diversity Equitable development is the central theme of this year’s p4 conference, sponsored by the Pittsburgh mayor’s office and The Heinz Endowments. It means as Pittsburgh grows and prospers, every kind of resident — rich/poor, black/white — should equally prosper from that success. The tide lifting all boats.
Today, the bureau is predominantly white and male. The agency has struggled for years to become diverse again and mirror the breakdown of the city’s population.
diversity See what PublicSource and other organizations have been talking about on social media during the Gwen's Girls Equity Summit.
Why does Kelis Campbell feel pressure to work twice as hard as so many others? She realized it in the seventh grade. Simple reasons: She is black. And she is a woman. Just basic identity.
Troubling data is revealed in a new report funded by the FISA Foundation and The Heinz Endowments on the unequal struggle facing black girls in the Pittsburgh area.
The achievement gap between black and white students in Pittsburgh Public Schools remains. What are students and district leadership going to do about it?
A Pittsburgh mother and local Muslim community leader reflects on how the election has affected her life.
We went looking for Pittsburgh's most diverse and integrated neighborhoods that also have aspects of what everyone is looking for in a community: safety, good schools and affordability.