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Police and Law EnforcementJuly 31, 2018
Could Fewer Independent Police Forces Help Reduce Police Brutality in Pennsylvania?
Allegheny County’s intense regional fragmentation is the unsustainable legacy of industrial capitalism—could changing that help save the lives of young people like Antwon Rose?
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Guns and Gun ControlJune 25, 2018
Another Black Teen’s Death by Police Brutality Drew Hundreds to Protest in Pittsburgh
The unarmed 17-year-old was shot in the back by police.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Higher EducationJune 18, 2018
At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive
Pitt’s grad-student union joins three other universities in the state that are fighting the same union-busting law firm.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Labor OrganizingMay 1, 2018
Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist
For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Social JusticeMarch 6, 2018
Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights
What are your rights as a high-school student activist? The ACLU answered in an online question-and-answer panel.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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ActivismFebruary 26, 2018
After Parkland, Students Across the Country Are Walking Out in Solidarity
Pittsburgh high-school students left school without permission and were punished for doing so. They say it was worth it.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Higher EducationFebruary 15, 2018
These Students Used Twitter to Make a Racist Group Chat Public
As white-supremacist propaganda appears more frequently on college campuses, do students have a right to know who thinks it’s a joke?
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Racism and DiscriminationJanuary 29, 2018
In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong
If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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FeminismJanuary 12, 2018
What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers
Young women writers who want to make their voices heard will follow her example in the years to come.
Jordana Rosenfeld
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Economic PolicyNovember 30, 2017
Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business
For Pittsburgh, help from the private sector came at the cost of public health.
Jordana Rosenfeld