During last week's Pittsburgh Steelers season opener, Alejandro Villanueva once again made himself a spectacle at the expense of the memory of slain Black American citizens. There are more eloquent ways to begin an essay, but it has become tiresome to try and find graceful words to comment on the mental gymnastics of those who contort logic and statistics to avoid saying what they really think: Black people who are killed by the police often deserve it...

UPDATE — 2:45 p.m., Sat., Sept. 19: Number of today's new confirmed positive cases in Allegheny County: 85* Number of today's new confirmed coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 3...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to be appointed to the nation’s highest court, died Friday, at the age of 87. The cause was complications from metastatic pancreas cancer, the New York Times reported, citing a statement by the Supreme Court...

Breakups are tough, and everyone handles them differently. In Pittsburgh blues/rock artist AE Honick's case, he's smothering his sorrows at the comfort of a bar...

Anyone who follows local artist and photographer sarah huny young — or just huny — has seen her many portraits that revolve around her self-described mission of “exalting Black womanhood and LGBTQ+ communities.” Now one of her works is part of a large online art sale hosted by Towards Utopia, a nonprofit described on its website as a “trans feminist, anti-racist fundraising initiative.” The sale includes limited-edition prints of drawings, paintings, and photographs by various artists from all over the country, including influential LGBTQ photographer Nan Goldin...

On Monday night, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Alejandro Villanueva wore a helmet decal different from the rest of his teammates. While all other Steelers players were sporting helmets with the name “Antwon Rose Jr.” visible, Villanueva taped over Rose’s name to display that name of Alwyn Cashe, a Black Army Ranger originally from Orlando who posthumously earned a Silver Star for saving six soldiers after his vehicle was struck by an explosive...

Pittsburgh City Photos: An exploration of the city through photographs

My Pittsburgh card should probably have been taken from me for having never been to Carrie Furnaces before, but I made sure I visited the historic landmark for River of Steel's LightPlay interactive art show, featuring a number of familiar Pittsburgh artists across various mediums. Using lasers, projection video, and audio synced with recorded visuals, the mostly outdoor venue gave life back to the crumbling walls and rusted parts of the old blast furnace...

Stuff can be complicated, especially when trying to get rid of it. The process can remind us that our things can have worth that's hard to put a dollar amount on; they can call to mind other people from our lives; they can bring up memories of what they were (or weren't) used for...

In late June, pharmaceutical company Gilead set its price for remdesivir, an antiviral drug that has been shown to diminish the recovery time of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19. For Americans with private insurance, remdesivir costs $520 per dose, and $390 per dose for those with government-subsidized insurance...

Openings Pita My Shawarma The popular Mediterannean food truck, voted Pittsburgh's best new food truck in 2019 by Pittsburgh City Paper readers, has finally opened its brick-and-mortar in Lawrenceville...

The above video is the second in a four-part non-partisan webinar community training series aiming to help Pennsylvania nonprofits, community groups, and organizations ensure their hard-to-reach neighbors vote in the upcoming general election. The first video, a training on Tools, Key Dates, & Voter Registration Day, can be seen here: ELECTION 2020 VIDEO TRAINING - SEPT. 9...

It’s been said that football is the moral equivalent of war — with, likely, electoral politics finishing a close second. So perhaps it’s only appropriate that a new ad from Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign throws both into the blender to make broad points about leadership...

Yesterday, Allegheny County officials opened a new drive-up COVID testing site in McKeesport that is free to the public. Private and nonprofit health-care facilities have been undertaking most of the testing since the coronavirus pandemic started, but now the county has its own drive-up facility...

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Video Archive Lynn is sharing some of the six word memoirs you sent her after yesterday's show...

According to public salary information for the City of Pittsburgh, Paul Abel Jr., a police officer currently under investigation for potential misconduct for an aggressive arrest he conducted near the Squirrel Hill farmers' market, made $156,106 in total compensation last year. That makes him among the most highly-compensated city employees last year...

Turn up the bass for this one.

Pittsburgh's Slicky Williams doesn't leave the house without praying to God. Or, at least that's what he claims in his latest single, "Pray to God."

For eight years, Imbibe Magazine and Campari have hosted Negroni Week, a global, weeklong celebration of the traditional Italian cocktail. Typically, restaurants across Pittsburgh honor the classic drink, composed of sweet vermouth, Campari, and gin, with special menus, events, and more, donating a portion of the proceeds to a charity of their choice...

A state environmental review board gave the green light to a statewide cap-and-trade program Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The Environmental Quality Board voted 13-6 Tuesday to let Pennsylvania enter the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...

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Video Archive Lynn has been trying to create her six word pandemic memoir...

The United Steelworkers is making a superhero-sized statement about voting with a new campaign in Pennsylvania and other battleground states. Last week, the United Steelworkers (USW) launched a nighttime campaign to project giant messages in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his vice-presidential pick, Kamala Harris...