Chuck Burton
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A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations.
Julia Zenkevich
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90.5 WESA
Katie Blackley
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90.5 WESA
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Local leaders have spoken out in support of baristas at The Coffee Tree Roasters after a union organizer was fired from the company. -
What one man’s quest for a t-shirt tells us about sense of place.
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The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will receive $1,241,740 to expand its cold storage infrastructure. Through the American Rescue Plan, Pennsylvania will distribute more than $11 million to food banks in every county.
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Pennsylvania has revised or removed historical markers and plaques about the Confederacy amid a nationwide reckoning over how the army is remembered.
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Nurses from Altoona, Pennsylvania, gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday to raise alarms about UPMC Altoona's emergency room wait times and critically low staff.
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A recent study shows ‘Hispanic’ is most popular, ‘LatinX’ is least popular.
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Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are on the precipice of receiving billions of dollars in the second-biggest legal settlement in U.S. history.
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Who considers themselves "Appalachian?"
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: A new study finds a third of children nationwide are “underinsured,” meaning families, even with health insurance, could experience inadequate coverage; and Pittsburgh City Council has approved legislation to give employees their full pension, removing a 17-year-old policy that reduced pension benefits for some.
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Many local nonprofits stepped up and expanded their services to help people in need over the course of the pandemic — despite limited resources. The Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership honored 10 organizations and leaders for their responses.
