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The purity movement told young people that ‘you are not your own,’ and the harm from that message persists

Atiya Irvin-Mitchell of Squirrel Hill, on Aug. 31, 2022, in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) Misogyny, AIDS and moral panic resulted in “purity...

Second chance for Pittsburgh’s first public housing: Application for $50 million nearly done

Children run along the Somers Drive section of Bedford Dwellings as Pittsburgh’s skyline rises in the background, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo by...

4 up, 5 to go: Allegheny County’s police review board awaits Fitzgerald’s picks

Left to right: Keith Murphy, Richard Garland and Justin Leavitt Pearl. (Left photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource, Right photo by Lilly Kubit/PublicSource) by Charlie Wolfson and...

Pittsburgh’s quest to get a ‘fair share’ from big nonprofits has lasted for decades. Here’s the 4-minute version.

UPMC Presbyterian (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource) Pleas by Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials for help from large nonprofit institutions have been hamstrung by a lack...

ShotSpotter detects gunshots in Pittsburgh 3,000 times a year. One case could deflect its use in court.

Police look at bullet casings on the ground while responding to a ShotSpotter alert by 13th Street and Roland Way on Saturday, Aug. 13,...

Pittsburgh schools and police show no hurry to reach cooperative agreement as new school year begins

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey (left) and Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Wayne Walters. (Photo courtesy of Jason Cohn for Pittsburgh Public Schools) As schoolhouse doors open,...

As doors open, schools and colleges weigh masking, quarantines and monkeypox

Photos via Adobe Stock. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource) Update (8/25/22): While masking in Pittsburgh Public Schools buildings remains mandatory while COVID-19 levels are high, as...

Kelly Davis feels she was destined to be an advocate for reproductive rights

Kelly Davis, the executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice, sits for a portrait on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at The Art Room...

Pittsburgh has spent just a quarter of its federal COVID relief as neighborhoods await improvements

Windows are broken on all sides of the Cowley center, which opened in 1939 and was closed due to disrepair in the 2000s. (Photo...

‘Change the narrative’: A new crew of ‘interrupters’ aims to curb the violence in McKeesport

The McKeesport Violence Prevention team meets in the basement of the Healthy Village Learning Institute on July 12. From left: Richard Garland, Keith Murphy,...

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