“You all know how grateful I am to all of you and to everyone’s families,” he said. “The sacrifices you’ve made. You’ve gone above and beyond what anyone could ever ask for. So, I just want to say cheers to the strikers. Cheers to the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh."

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

"Academic freedom is not absolute," according to the Trump administration. Maybe not, but it is essential to our society and should be protected, three Pittsburgh scholars tell us www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-s...

Pittsburgh - check this flyer out for the locations of distros that serve food locally as we approach the SNAP cliff in November. To be clear, these are open to anyone.

This is disgraceful. RFK Jr is literally telling these kids/families that they deserve neglect, illness and death because they weren't lucky enough to be born into a wealthy, white family like him.

Yes, the @pghguild.com is still on its unfair labor practices strike, and still publishing a strike paper, with news on a meeting on the I-79/Route 910 Wexford interchange and two city traffic calming projects; a feature on fall parks events; and the big PUP football notebook: www.unionprogress.com

CNN has identified at least 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents after ICE deported them - including newborns. As a parent I cannot imagine the horror of being separated from my child, but that trauma is even more acute for the innocent children left behind.

They also have one of the most effective school systems in the world. They did that (in part) by treating teaching like an actual profession, as illustrious as being a doctor or a lawyer, with similar academic expectations and similar salary standards.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

If this gets through, we're all on that list. And then there's no fleeing anything.

While many were 3-day-weekending, a few were scrambling to prevent the federal gov't from stealthily deporting Guatemalan minors, including some housed in Pittsburgh, @jamiewiggan.bsky.social and @quinnglabicki.bsky.social reported www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

Tyler Pecyna's Pittsburgh Union Progress newsletter is really good. He will send it to you, too. Just sign up for free at www.unionprogress.com/subscribe/.

The cause of the disparity is debated, and the effects of 302s can be positive or negative (or both). But recent research shows that "judgment call" 302s nearly double risks of overdose, suicide or a charge for a violent crime. www.publicsource.org/mental-healt...

Black people in Allegheny County are more than twice as likely to be involuntarily committed for mental health care ("302ed") than are whites. www.publicsource.org/racial-dispa...

Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,

For anyone still saying that a Canadian like me should “mind my own business,” there’s literally nothing that’s more my business — more EVERYONE’s business — than the most powerful nation in the world right next door turning itself into a lawless, fact-less, corrupt dictatorship. Nothing. #ElbowsUp

STARTER PACK: ICYMI, this is one of my favourite and most important Starter Packs, I co-curated with celebrated climate scientist and exceptional science communicator @katharinehayhoe.com. People and organizations that specifically overlap smart/better cities and climate action. Please share widely!

We have to talk about this also as an insult to the National Guard, who are being used as political props by the President and governors. They signed up to serve their country and their communities, and are now being turned into playthings of a political operation. It’s a slap in the face.

Then please consider submitting your real, non-AI-assisted, Pittsburgh-informed essay concept via our pitch form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Trump is about to let private equity billionaires loot 70 million Americans’ 401k accounts. This could be history’s largest wealth transfer from workers to billionaires. And it will barely be one day of headlines. www.levernews.com/your-401-k-i...

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

Great to see this in print—a collection of essays from @knightcolumbia.org’s collaboration with @randersenjones.bsky.social @sonjawest.bsky.social about, well, the future of press freedom. Features essays from many of the country’s leading press freedom scholars and lawyers.

America under GOP rule.

In my book, I show that an eviction can ruin someone's life *even if it never happens.* A mere eviction FILING—even one dismissed in court—can destroy your credit and lock you out of housing for years. That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.

News you can use: What to do, and not to do, at an ICE scene www.publicsource.org/resource-gui...

Here's a deep look at the Rapid Response Network, which rallies to locations of ICE activity to monitor and educate www.publicsource.org/local-volunt...

Last night in Ambridge, ICE and local allies got "gnarly" - arresting 12, including some who were observing, documenting and engaging in expression or obstruction, depending on your take. @quinnglabicki.bsky.social was on scene www.publicsource.org/beaver-count...

Even as Trump pushes involuntary mental health commitments, researchers' deep dive into Allegheny County data says that in cases when it's not clear-cut, a "302" can raise risks of violent crime, suicide or OD, @venuri.bsky.social reports www.publicsource.org/mental-healt...

I'm attending Pennsylvania United's event, “Penn Plaza 10 Year Commemoration: Rally for Justice and Action on Affordable Housing” - sign up now to jo www.mobilize.us/paunited/eve...

This is the deliberate political throttling of a resource critical to healthcare providers everywhere, but especially here in the US. It's been a critical early-warning system that has proven its value for decades. Trump got a grip on its throat the 1st go-round, RFKJr will choke it to death.

All the hallmarks.

Where we are as a country: "The funding in the bill will make ICE the largest jailer in the world, with $200 billion at their disposal." newrepublic.com/article/1975...

The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated. @propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador. Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

No One Was Supposed to Leave Alive By Gisela Salim-Peyer Venezuelans deported by the Trump administration say they were tortured during four months in CECOT.

The Hurricane Ivan flood was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime event in Oakdale and many other communities. Climate change, though, has made high water a constant concern - and gov't is struggling to respond, Hannah Johansson of @publicsource.org reports www.publicsource.org/oakdale-freq...

Do you rely on Medicaid? @publicsource.org wants to know how proposed cuts could impact you & yours as Congress considers reducing the program. Email local gov't reporter @chwolfson.bsky.social (charlie[at]publicsource[dot]org) or fill out our easy form here: www.publicsource.org/tell-us-how-...

Hey friends, I’ve been writing a series for @publicsource.org called Job One, about the ways people with special challenges enter the workforce in and around Pittsburgh. www.publicsource.org/job-one/

We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting. Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience

The agency has asked states for voter rolls, information on election crimes, and procedures for checking voter eligibility, among other records. State officials say privately they have been struck by the scope of the requests and uncertainty around what the administration plans to do with the info.

Late last night CMU students - upset at the school's curbs on a century-old free speech landmark - rolled a fence on to campus and thoughtfully decorated it with their defense of academic expression. Of course, @stephstrasburg.bsky.social was there www.publicsource.org/cmu-students...

A U.S. citizen and former Marine detained. A 15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at "Alligator Alcatraz." A father who has lived here for 30 years. No criminal record. Still held by ICE after nearly 6 months. We are witnessing the cruelty of Trump's police state.

We have two Pennsylvania senators who constantly talk about putting politics aside to solve problems. I expect them to set everything aside to help this man. If anyone knows the family and they need help, legal or otherwise, I’ll do anything I can. www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

“If this program is implemented in its current form, it’s extremely likely that incorrect addresses will be given to DHS and individuals will be wrongly targeted,” said an IRS engineer who reviewed the blueprints. By @williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social, and Avi Asher-Schapiro

This man’s great sin was losing his green card and asking for a replacement we’re past “you had a dui in 1984” into “if you appear at any ICE office anywhere you’re a quota target”

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.

New: Hear from Pittsburghers who fear dire consequences of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' www.publicsource.org/trump-big-bi...

With my colleague Kate Giammarise: A local economic-justice group has sued the state over its rules for property tax reassessment, which allow counties to go years or decades without revaluation -- a practice the suit says creates inequities that punish the poor. www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...