From the business office to the higher ed beat, our new additions lend their passion, skills and experience to telling stories for a better Pittsburgh.
Five years ago, it was widely reported that Pittsburgh is one of the worst places for Black women, who experience higher poverty and unemployment rates than their counterparts in many other U.S.
Leaping from Jamaica to Massachusetts left me adrift — until a professor reached out his hand. I want us to meet Pittsburgh and Allegheny County young people where they are, and invite them to dream.
Quite honestly, at 16 years old, I was clueless and unmotivated — if not shell-shocked —from being in an unfamiliar environment that appeared to have limited rules, no restrictions and an assumption ...
“This is everything that we talked about we were going to do, we’re doing,” Mayor Ed Gainey said. “People didn’t believe the private and public sector could come together, they didn’t believe we could ...