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Pittsburgh's African-American community leaders ask EPA for environmental justice during Clean Power Plan hearings

by Ashley Murray on November 13, 2015 at 3:42PM

miles from where I grew up, and where I raised my children, is the Cheswick power plant . I’m a mother of five children, and a grandmother of two, and I have one on the way. I raised three boys with asthma, and I have a grandson who has severe respiratory problems."

Advocacy groups mark the 90-day countdown for paid sick days in Pittsburgh

by Ashley Murray on October 12, 2015 at 3:58PM

and won. As a city, we're doing the right thing for workers."

Protesters hold vigil for inmates who died in jail, call for firing of warden

by Ryan Deto on September 2, 2015 at 4:56PM

There is no doubting that most people in Allegheny County are happy to see Corizon pack up and leave as health-care provider for the the county jail. Eleven people died during the private health-care company's two year tenure, even though inmates only spend an average of 58 days within the jail’s confines.

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Pittsburgh's African-American community leaders ask EPA for environmental justice during Clean Power Plan hearings

Advocacy groups mark the 90-day countdown for paid sick days in Pittsburgh

Protesters hold vigil for inmates who died in jail, call for firing of warden

Update: Citizen group taking action against world’s largest steel company’s Monessen plant

Activists Protest Inmate Deaths at Allegheny County Jail

Anti-Death-Penalty Activist Henderson Hill Speaks Tomorrow at University of Pittsburgh