On today’s episode of The Confluence: The Urban Redevelopment Authority has approved a program that will give loans to developers who want to buy and rehabilitate affordable units; we look at the life of Bayard Rustin, a Pennsylvania native and Black civil rights activist who mentored Martin Luther King Jr.; and a preview of the Oscar-Nominated short films screenings at the Harris Theater.
Today’s guests include:Margaret J. Krauss, senior reporter covering development and transportation for WESA; Jerald Podair, professor of history at Lawrence University; and Kathryn Spitz Cohan, executive director of Film Pittsburgh.
