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Pittsburgh Moving Left

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On July 5, 2023
There's been a lot of really positive politics out of Pittsburgh and its surroundings lately. Of course that's where John Fetterman got his start, as mayor of the very rough deindustrialized town of Braddock. But there's lots of local wins too that deserve our attention....

ATI Lockout

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On September 2, 2015
Last week, I wrote about the ATI lockout of their union mills. Wanted to highlight this issue once again. The United Steelworkers held a big rally in Pittsburgh yesterday to pressure the company to end the lockout and negotiate a fair contract with the union....

The Union Edge

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On August 27, 2015

Above: Pittsburgh, 1940 I was on The Union Edge on Tuesday, the great labor radio program out of Pittsburgh, talking about Out of Sight and other labor-related matters. You can.

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Flipping Houses

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On June 2, 2015
The expansion of extreme house flipping and rapidly rising housing prices to cities like Pittsburgh is not a positive development for those of us who value affordable and diverse cities with stable growth. Unfortunately, smaller scale versions of what has happened to New York and...

Pittsburgh First!

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On November 5, 2013

The campaign poster of Pittsburgh City Council candidate Jim Wudarczyk: The inspiration for this brilliance: Really, it's about time we saw Red Scare era political imagery become hip again. A.

PNC

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On June 4, 2013

Pierce is right on the money. The experience of going to PNC Park, including just being in downtown Pittsburgh and walking around the ballpark neighborhood, is second to none in.

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Pittsburgh, 1940

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On June 4, 2012
In 1941, Pittsburgh passed a smoke control ordinance. Retronaut has a good collection of photographs suggesting why it was needed. Of course, this is also the Republican vision for our future air quality. This smoke was no joke. It could be fatal, especially given the...
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