“Port Authority bus riders who object to higher fares for cash customers chanted a different holiday message Friday. Pittsburghers for Public Transit and Just Harvest held a rally at the […]
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Voices from Pennsylvania’s fight against hunger
“According to Feeding America, approximately 1.7 million in the state struggle with food insecurity — that’s one out of every eight people. Half a million are children. Fortunately, an increasingly […]
Non-Profit Profile: Just Harvest
“Ken Regal, executive director of Just Harvest, has been working at the nonprofit since it began in 1986. In that time, Just Harvest has continuously grown its programs to address […]
Volunteers needed for free tax prep in Allegheny, Westmoreland, neighboring counties
“The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania will offer free tax preparation assistance in Westmoreland, Allegheny and neighboring counties and seeks volunteers to staff the program….”
PA Gov. Wolf signs anti-welfare fraud measure: critics say it will hurt the poor
“Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill into law with a broad array of measures that supporters say will deter fraud in public assistance programs but that critics say are […]
Fresh Divide: After years without a grocery store, a new kind of market comes to Clairton
“This is the last of four stories examining food deserts in the Pittsburgh region. Clairton has been one of Green Grocer’s stops since the beginning. The city of nearly 7,000 people that’s […]
Fresh Divide: Inside Pittsburgh’s food deserts, where buying milk or veggies is impossible
“Jessica Paquette arrived at the Arlington Avenue dollar store around noon on a recent Wednesday. She needed to buy milk. The 30-year-old mother of two walked through the aisles stocked […]
Pittsburgh-area food bank gearing up for extra supplies amid tariff tensions
“The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank soon will receive an influx of meat, fruit, dairy and other food as a result of the Trump administration’s tariff policies….”
Scottish health team comes to Pittsburgh bearing insights, questions
“When she was a hospital doctor, Sonya Scott saw too many “people in their 40s and 50s with heart disease, preventable forms of cancer, and alcoholism,” she recounted recently. She “was […]
Farmers markets thrive as seasons change
“With several days of September now behind us, the official beginning of fall is fast approaching. Although we’ve had quite a bit of disparity between the recent muggy summer forecasts […]
