Rising costs of dying has led Americans to turn to crowdfunding campaigns for funerals. How is that affecting Pittsburghers?
“Most families don’t shop around … that’s a mistake. Every time we do surveys of price, we find a huge variation for the same service, all within the same city.”
By Sabrina Bodon
Tags: News, funerals, crowdfunding campaigns, Skylynne Bogaski, medical treatments, YouCaring, Indiegogo, Elegy
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council rebrands as Literacy Pittsburgh to highlight services beyond reading
Tags: Education, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, Literacy Pittsburgh, Don Block, Gary Singery, GED, English as Second Language, Community College of Allegheny County, immigrant, refugee
2018 Election Guide: District 34 Pa. House: Paul Costa vs. Summer Lee
A first-time candidate with political organizing skills takes on an entrenched incumbent
Tags: News, Election Guide, Paul Costa, 34th District, Summer Lee, Democratic Socialists of America
2018 Election Guide: District 38 Pa. Senate, Stephanie Walsh vs. Lindsey Williams
Two Democratic candidates face off for the right to challenge Republican incumbent in November
Tags: News, 38th District, Pennsylvania Senate, Jim Ferlo, Stephanie Walsh, Lindsey Williams, election guide
Danish government taps Pittsburgh for renewable-energy partnership
“Pittsburgh has a name for itself in the innovation realm, which Denmark also has a reputation for”
Tags: News, renewable-energy, Danish Ambassador, Lars Gert Lose, Bill Peduto, Katrina Kelly-Pitou, World Energy Council, London
Study shows gender wage gap bars Pennsylvania women from more than $35 billion in wages annually
Tags: Pennsylvania, National Partnership for Women & Families, Institute for Women's Policy Research, wage gap, earning, women, men, women of color
In a new series, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie museums explore how climate change effects immigration
“Migration is not just another movement, it changes the creature involved.”
Tags: News, immigration, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie museums, climate change, Brian Cohen, Carnegie Nexus, climate migrants
After Pittsburgh’s March for Our Lives, legislators hoping new attention paid to Pennsylvania's gun-reform laws
Tags: Community Action, Gun control, Politics, Pittsburgh, March for Our Lives, Pennsylvania, Wayne Fontana, Bill Peduto, gun control, Senate Bill 17, Parkland shooting, Pennsylvania General Assembly, National Rifle Association
As part of National Walkout Day, Pittsburgh-area students demonstrate, call for stricter gun laws
By Ryan Deto and Sabrina Bodon
Tags: Community Action, Education, Gun control, Pittsburgh, National Walkout Day, Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School, City Charter High School, Oakland Catholic High School, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Fla., gun-control, voting registration, prayer
Democratic Socialists look to highlight Pittsburgh anti-abortion health-care centers as ‘fake clinics’
Tags: Healthcare, Democratic Socialists of America, Pittsburgh, crisis pregnancy centers, healthcare, abortion, Women’s Choice Network, Choices Pregnancy Center, Cura Women’s Care Clinic, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates
By Mars Johnson
Big screen, little lies: Pittsburgh is being gaslit about IMAX theaters
By Rachel Wilkinson
Move over, Pittsburgh Dad, “Cig Mom” is here
By Kate Oczypok
Pastoli's is secretly Squirrel Hill's best pizza
By Colin Williams
Drink and be merry at these Pittsburgh holiday pop-up bars
By Amanda Waltz