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Keystone Crossroads: Rust or Revival? explores the urgent challenges pressing upon Pennsylvania's cities. Four public media newsrooms are collaborating to report in depth on the root causes of our state's urban crisis -- and on possible solutions. Keystone Crossroads offers reports on radio, web, social media, television and newspapers, and through public events.Our partner stations are WHYY in Philadelphia, WPSU in State College and witf in Harrisburg. Read all of the partner stories here.Pittsburgh’s WQED joins the collaboration as an associate partner. Support for this project comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Six Documentaries Featuring Pennsylvania Cities You Can Stream Online

Lindsay Lazarski
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WHYY

As a winter cold front settles in over most of Pennsylvania and the eastern U.S., you may find yourself surfing your Netflix queue for something to escape the deep freeze and cabin fever.

May we suggest a few “home grown” documentaries worth watching that you can easily steam online?  Each film takes place in a Pennsylvania city or town, but also addresses larger issues of race, corruption, immigration, sexual abuse, and budget deficits facing the individual communities.

Read more at the website of Keystone Crossroads, a statewide public media initiative reporting on the challenges facing Pennsylvania's cities.