The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh today voted to issue an official statement of “no confidence” against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette executive editor Keith Burris, publisher John Block, and the paper’s owner, Block Communications. In a press release, the guild, which represents 140 journalists who work at the P-G, said it was compelled to act in response to management’s “escalating and unconscionable treatment of employees, union members, and managers alike.”

Don't beat yourself up if you assumed the premise for One Night in Miami was a work of fiction, or at least, seriously embellished. It's the stuff of a heavy-handed historical novel: In February 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay celebrates a huge victory over Sonny Liston at a hotel room in Miami with his friends Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown...

The city’s public recycling program will get a boost from a new initiative between the Recycling Partnership and the City of Pittsburgh. Today, the City of Pittsburgh announced that it received a $500,000 grant offer from the Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit organization that leverages corporate partner funding to improve recycling in communities across America...

Herbal, spicey, tea-like tones touch the tastebuds first, before giving way for a creamy aftertaste, channeling a forthy latte aspect.

The husband and wife team of Norraset (Nor) and Rujira Nareedokmai, owners of two beloved Squirrel Hill eateries Silk Elephant and Bangkok Balcony, are giving Pittsburghers their first taste of Laotian cuisine. KIIN Lao & Thai Eatery, located in the former home of Bangkok Balcony, explores the connection between Lao and Isan-style (a region of Thailand bordering both Laos and Cambodia) cuisine...

A lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) was settled  today, and as a result, the commonwealth is altering its confinement policies against inmates currently sentenced to death. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh-based Abolitionist Law Center, and two other law firms brought a class action suit last year against Pennsylvania that claimed the DOC automatic policy of holding death row inmates in solitary confinement violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution...

Union members of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) formed a picket line in front of the Forest Hills offices of their employer, industrial equipment manufacturer ABB, on Thu., Nov. 14  to decry changes it made to worker benefits without consulting union leadership.  The picket line — comprised of members of the UE Locals 625 and 626 — is a response to ABB decreasing their wage proposal and revoking their offer to add money to the workers’ medical saving plans...

Skilled in verbose wordplay, you might think it took Lady Lamb, (real name Aly Spaltro) a great deal of time to write her latest album Even in the Tremor, released April 5 via Tugboat Records. But after wandering around Manhattan feeling lonely and sad, the singer/songwriter says the chords for the second track "Deep Love" just flowed out of her, solidifying the confidence she needed to put the album, which focuses on the anxieties and problems that come along with exiting your 20s...

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Video Archive Lynn spent the weekend at her niece's wedding...

Follow along with us every other weekday, as we will feature a different Pittsburgh-based label ... until we run out.

After Tina Dillman moved to Pittsburgh from Buffalo in December 2018, she noticed how much the infamously polluted city affected her health. “I’ve had a cough ever since I got here,” says Dillman, who serves as the director of exhibitions and programming at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media (PCAM).

Every Friday, Pittsburgh City Paper compiles a round-up of new releases and second-run films playing around the city. This only covers films that are new to theaters this week; check out what movies opened last week here...

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Video Archive Editor-in-Chief Lisa Cunningham, designer Abbie Adams, and writer Amanda Waltz join contributing architecture columnist Charles L. Rosenblum to talk all things Pittsburgh architecture...

A new report from the Journal of Urban Affairs addresses prevalent narratives around Pittsburgh's economic rebound, and provides data to detail just exactly how the Steel City has bounced back. Written by Colby King (assistant professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina-Upstate) and Laura Crommelin (research lecturer at the City University of New South Wales Sydney in Australia), the paper is titled, “A different perspective on post-industrial labor market restructuring in Detroit and Pittsburgh," offering a deep dive into the employment figures of Pittsburgh since the Great Recession of 2008...

Tim Oxenreiter's favorite season in Pittsburgh is fall. "You cannot beat the fall colors in Pittsburgh," he says...

On Fri., Nov. 15, Pittsburgh punk band Plasmid is set to drop a delectable new EP. Consisting of six bite-size energetic and catchy tracks, it depicts what it’s like to raise three "insane" kids...

On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale published a report documenting the financial costs in the state brought on by the effects of climate change. The report found that in 2018, Pennsylvania spent $261 million on climate-related costs, $125.7 million of which was spent on repairing infrastructure damaged by severe weather like floods and landslides...

Yesterday broke records in Pittsburgh for the coldest Nov. 13 since 1911. But that didn't stop Ellen Kempner, lead singer of Palehound, from warming up Club Cafe with her '90s-inspired, lo-fi sound...

Each week, the Pittsburgh City Paper compiles a list of Pittsburgh dance parties for you and your crew to bust loose to the best bangers, EDM, pop hits, and more. (All events are 21 and over unless otherwise stated.)

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Video Archive Yesterday was the kick off of the public impeachment hearings...