Could Fewer Independent Police Forces Help Reduce Police Brutality in Pennsylvania? 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?
Jul 31, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
Another Black Teen’s Death by Police Brutality Drew Hundreds to Protest in Pittsburgh 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.
Jun 25, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive 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.
Jun 18, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist 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.
May 1, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights 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.
Mar 6, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
After Parkland, Students Across the Country Are Walking Out in Solidarity 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.
Feb 26, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
These Students Used Twitter to Make a Racist Group Chat Public 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?
Feb 15, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong 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.
Jan 29, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers 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.
Jan 12, 2018 / Jordana Rosenfeld
Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business 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.
Nov 30, 2017 / Jordana Rosenfeld