by Brittany Hailer Tim Manino, 60, died in the Allegheny County Jail Thursday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Jail staff performed CPR for approximately 30 minutes until paramedics arrived and pronounced Manino dead…
Three Short Stories from “Sidle Creek”
by Jolene McIlWain from "Sidle Creek" courtesy of the author and Belt Magazine Eminent Domain Cheezer worms up behind me, covers my eye sockets with his cold hands and breathes into my neck the word,…
Labor, Solidarity and Nursing
Soon, nurses saw the gulf widen between their values and those of an increasingly commodified healthcare system by Eva Rosenfeld for Belt Magazine “Why do nurses strike?” A nurse and state union leader named Nadine…
Incarcerated person dies after jumping from building in…
Brittany Hailer William Spencer, 24, a man in custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, jumped from a building on the 300 block of the Boulevard of the Allies in downtown Pittsburgh. He died after…
Pa. Lt. Gov. Davis joins multi-state abortion alliance
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis announced on Monday that he has joined a national group of lieutenant governors to expand and protect access to reproductive rights nationwide. by Cassie Miller for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star Known…
Hindsight and Regulation in East Palestine, Ohio
by Reid Frazier, for Belt Magazine In a press conference following the catastrophic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine expressed difficulty grasping one particular aspect of federal rail regulations. “This train…was not considered…
In Pittsburgh, local journalism is worth the fight
Having two major news sources in the city owned by notoriously anti-worker management can’t be good. For local journalism to be good, local journalism jobs need to be good. By Noelle Mateer, Belt Magazine Local…
Bipartisan Senate bill would change how Pa. charges…
by John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star A bipartisan trio of state Senate lawmakers want to change the circumstances under which children can be charged as adults by requiring judicial review before juvenile cases can be…
Pa. to share in $63M in federal aid…
by John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Community school programs in eastern and western Pennsylvania are among the 42 institutions that will share in $63 million in federal grant money aimed at expanding or establishing community…