The 2.8-mile-long East Street Valley neighborhood, which once flourished in Pittsburgh, sure died hard. Only St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church remains, a lonely sentinel that survived what […]
Author: Salena Zito
Trump didn’t form a populist coalition; he was the result of one
They’re still there, planted in front of stately homes in wealthy suburban neighborhoods, on flagpoles in middle-class communities and along the front stoops of inner-city row houses. […]
Staging New Castle’s comeback
For over 100 years, the sprawling Shenango China plant warmly greeted just about every person who entered this Lawrence County city. It was one of the largest […]
As an industry faces destruction, it grows a voting coalition
Imagine if you had a job. A good job, one that required skill and critical thinking and had a broad impact in the community where you lived. […]
Homeless but dying with dignity
Had it not been for the kindness of strangers, Henry McCain would have died the way he led much of his adult life: Cold, alone and without […]