pittsburgh
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‘The next Flint,’ and America’s problem with lead in its water
Newark and Pittsburgh are both grappling with lead crises. Which city might be next?
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Pittsburgh just got the bike advocate it never knew it needed: JuJu Smith-Schuster
In his own words: “It’s lit.”
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Pittsburgher to Trump: You got me all wrong
In a crazy week, Trump actually managed to touch on a pretty subtle rift between rural and urban America.
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Jobs taking the last bus out of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's decision to nearly halve its bus routes means at least one company won't expand its hiring. The real damage, though, may be long-term.
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Here’s what Pittsburgh looked like before smoke control
Vintage photos of Pittsburgh, from before it passed a smoke-control ordinance in 1941, are so hazy that some of them look like they've been hit with some kind of artsy-grunge Instagram filter.
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New film about fracking stars Matt Damon, John Krasinski, and maybe you
Ryan Gosling may have saved a woman from a speeding car, but some of our other favorite stars are doing the next best thing: starring in an anti-fracking movie. Gus Van Sant is directing, and the cast includes Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, probably Hal Holbrook — and, if you can get to Pittsburgh […]
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Critical List: A new Chevron oil spill in Brazil; Vladimir Putin didn’t shoot a tiger
Chevron has suspended work at a drilling site off the coast of Brazil after finding an oil leak near the site of November’s spill. Vladimir Putin wants everyone to think he’s all manly, but there’s evidence that the “wild” tiger that he “tranquilized” was taken from a zoo to stage the stunt. Chinese, South Korean, […]