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  • Harvey - Pandemic Diaries

Pandemic Diaries, Year Three

Dispatch from Flint, Michigan: when COVID-19 hits home.

Jan Worth-Nelson2022-06-16T11:55:28-04:00June 16, 2022|
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  • Fern Hollow Bridge - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh’s Broken Bridge is a Warning Sign

The now-collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge is a marker of what’s at stake in the infrastructure fight—and how far we have to go.

Ed Simon2022-02-10T14:51:08-05:00February 1, 2022|
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  • Stokes - Flight 93 Memorial

“Somebody Call Cleveland?”

On Pittsburgh, United Flight 93, and twenty years of war.

Ed Simon2021-09-13T16:30:59-04:00September 10, 2021|
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  • Ignaczak - Greenworks

Reducing Recidivism and Building Green Industry Skills in Detroit

For programs like Goodwill's Greenworks, it starts with engagement.

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak2021-09-24T11:13:44-04:00September 10, 2021|
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  • Black-Owned Energy Transitions

Building a Just Energy Future in Michigan

Biden's Justice40 Initiative wants an equitable transition to clean energy. In Detroit, Black-led businesses are key.

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak2021-09-10T10:30:48-04:00July 30, 2021|
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  • Pennsylvania Unemployment - 1

Jobless and Struggling in Pennsylvania

Pandemic unemployment benefits are a lifeline for more than four hundred thousand Pennsylvanians. But payments stalled this year.

Rebecca Moss2021-02-11T11:16:09-05:00February 5, 2021|
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  • Edgar Thompson Steelworks - David Wilson

Why Pittsburgh Needs the Paris Agreement

On the city’s long history of industrial pollution, and how Ted Cruz gets it wrong.

Ed Simon2021-08-21T13:03:39-04:00January 27, 2021|
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  • Herrera - People's Agenda

A People’s Agenda for Immigration

Chicago organizers share the immigration policies that they believe President Biden should prioritize.

Diane Bou Khalil2021-02-03T17:52:10-05:00January 21, 2021|
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  • Vote Counting in Pennsylvania

Why It’s Taking So Long to Count Votes in Pennsylvania

The delay was not inevitable, but instead the product of a contentious disagreement between state politicians.

Cynthia Fernandez2020-11-06T14:38:01-05:00November 5, 2020|
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