Dani Jenae reports on a new report from Black Women’s Policy Agenda, a nonprofit formed in the aftermath of the Peduto administration’s Gender Equity Commission, whose 2019 report determined Pittsburgh was, by most measures, the worst city
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A lot of kids all over Pittsburgh grew up watching professional wrestling. Not, mounts-and-earguards, greco-roman wrestling, but body slams and Macho Man: we’re talking WWF, and to a somewhat lesser extent, the WCW
Local billionaire Thomas Tull is throwing himself a festival to celebrate his new record label and inspire a community around local music in Pittsburgh. It’s too bad he didn't know 300 local bands already had plans that night. Tull, who
A massive, $6 billion plastics plant is “approximately 95% complete,” said Bill Watson, Shell Polymers Monaca general manager, during a “virtual community meeting” hosted by the company Thursday evening. “We've got about 4,000 construction
All, or at least a lot, of the best Pittsburgh concerts and comedy for May 2022
Faith leaders, poets, and musicians marched alongside labor and immigrant rights groups Sunday as hundreds of people took to the streets for a May Day march and rally organized by Casa San José , LCLAA Pittsburgh, APALA Pittsburgh, and the
The Associated Press reported Thursday on a biased algorithm used by child welfare officials in Allegheny County. According to an AP review of Carnegie Mellon University data, the algorithm had a “pattern of flagging a disproportionate
Here’s a peek at how the news is made. Or sometimes isn’t. Last May, City Paper’s Ryan Deto reported on the May 12, 2021, City Council committee hearing, during which it came to light that Mayor Bill Peduto’s office wanted to renew the
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