A quick drive through Pittsburgh’s East End would be enough to convince any bystander that our city is undergoing an economic boom. But despite the rapid takeover by luxury condos, […]
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No One Left Behind: Technology can be used to cut health care disparities
Concerned that food stamp users lacked the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables, the anti-hunger group Just Harvest decided two years ago to take credit card machines to local farmers markets […]
Census data show improved poverty rate in Pennsylvania
Poverty rates improved modestly across most of the Pittsburgh region in 2014, according to new census data, as many households appeared to benefit from an ongoing, modest economic recovery. The […]
Just Harvest statement on PA’S frozen budget
It is well past the June 30 deadline for a 2015-16 Pennsylvania budget and negotiations between Governor Wolf and state Republican legislators are said to be at a stalemate….
How to Make Pittsburgh’s Farmers Markets Better
Market managers, farmers and customers all can play a role in helping markets to live up to their potential.
How’s Work?: His Job Is to Help Repair the World
Zack Block worked as a tax attorney in Pittsburgh for nearly nine years before making a drastic shift in his career path. “I liked the people I worked with, but […]
Going it alone: Low-income single moms struggle to find help, escape judgment
Rochelle Jackson had three kids and was pregnant with a son. She was also scared. Her boyfriend, the father of her children, had grown increasingly abusive during her pregnancy. It […]
Letter: Wolf’s budget better
Let’s connect some dots: GOP legislators wouldn’t pass a Pennsylvania state budget that adequately funds human services and education before leaving Harrisburg for summer break. The frozen budget means frozen […]
Letter: Cities have paved the way on social, economic justice
We were surprised by your recent editorial’s limited view of the city considering legislation to guarantee paid sick days, which you assert are “a perk, not a right” because they […]
Females, Felonies and Food Stamps: How House Bill 222 Could Affect Women in the Riverwards
The age-old debate between deserving and undeserving, having and having-not, has re-entered the limelight. Those caught in the local crosshairs: single mothers in the Riverwards — an area due south […]
