By Jake Dabkowski Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb emphasized three key findings in a report released today following an audit of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police: that the Pittsburgh Police disproportionately charged Black individuals for…
New Book, “On the Line,” Explores Invisible Labor…
by Jody DiPerna Daisy Pitkin is a union organizer and a writer. She now lives in Pittsburgh. Her new book, "On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build…
Neema Avashia Expands Our Understanding of the Region…
By Jody DiPerna What if I told you that reading a book would inspire you to pair "Ghetto Supastar" (Pras) with "Islands in the Stream" (Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers) on your latest playlist? Or…
Mant¿s’ new collection, “The Rootwork Stretched,” grows poetry
"The Rootwork Stretched," an intimate and inviting new poetry chapbook by Mant¿s, is soaked in the groundwork of artists and healers who have come before them. Specific and alive in one Black fem's reinterpretation of…
Pittsburgh is Still a Contested Symbol
By Ed Simon In his book, 'An Alternative History of Pittsburgh' released by Belt Press this summer, Ed Simon considers the history of Pittsburgh from the geologic formation of the region, dating back to about…
‘The Violence Project’ book investigates mass shootings in…
by Jody DiPerna In September of this year, Abrams Press released a new book by Jillian Peterson and James Densley titled, "The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic." The book is the result…
Mark Oppenheimer’s book explores Tree of Life attack,…
By Jody DiPerna Writer Mark Oppenheimer, author of the new book "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood," just released by Knopf, was looking for a way to…