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Activists and elected officials say CHIP amendment is an attack on the trans community
“It sets the tone for discrimination against people.”
By Rebecca Addison
Tags: News, CHIP, trans, activist, LGBTQ, Naiymah Sanchez, American Civil Liberties Union
Black Lives Matter supporters gather for second march in Downtown Pittsburgh this weekend
"We see black men dying, but we see black women stepping up."
By Billy Ludt
Tags: News, Policing, Community Action, Black Lives Matter, Pittsburgh, Slideshow
Pennsylvania advocates and health officials push for mandatory lead-level tests in children
“This is an issue of immediate importance.”
By Ashley Murray
Tags: News
Pittsburgh Climate Movement protesters carry "dirty money" to Congressman Keith Rothfus' office
Tags: Community Action, Environment, People's Climate Movement, Pittsburgh Climate Movement, Rep. Keith Rothfus
Learning to Choose
Advocates debate over best way to choose new Pittsburgh Public Schools’ superintendent
By Rebecca Nuttall
Perry High School librarian heads to the Internet to get her students the books they want to read
"You need to see yourself in literature or else why read it."
By Allan Smith
Officials say East Liberty is among best examples of city's 'renaissance,' residents disagree
By Alex Zimmerman
Tags: Events, Housing, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, East Liberty, protest, Bakery Square, urban redevelopment, Helen Gerhardt, Alethea Sims
School-board candidate Moira Kaleida says district needs more innovation
Tags: 2015 Election, Education, school board, 2015 election, education
High Priority: Why your choice for the Pa. Supreme Court may be the most important vote you cast all year
"It's probably going to have the biggest long-term impact of any race out there."
Trick Question: Can the mayor's education task force make a difference in Pittsburgh schools by ignoring its problems?
"If everything was great we wouldn't need a task force."
Urban Innovation 21 working toward innovation and growth in all neighborhoods
"There are too many people who never recovered."
By Abby Mendelson
Tags: News, Last Word
Classroom Experiment
After ambitious reforms, the Hill District's "university preparation" program wrestles with lofty expectations
Tags: News, Features
By Mars Johnson
Both the Evergreen Cafe owner and his adversaries are calling authorities over the new loading zone
By Matt Petras
Confessions of a non-monogamous, compulsively caregiving eldest daughter
By Jessie Sage
Ed Piskor exhibition postponed over sexual misconduct allegations
Is Pittsburgh headed for a Catholic renaissance?
By Colin Williams