The joys and challenges of caregiving

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This week: Jennifer Szweda Jordan, a longtime caregiver to people with intellectual disabilities, recounts in her first-person essay the joys and challenges of caregiving, noting that professionals like her are in short supply.

Also, Mayor Ed Gainey was elected after promising to promote racial equity in Pittsburgh. Designing government programs to accomplish that is legally and practically tricky, especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to nix college affirmative action. A coming disparity study may be key.

Caregiving gives me a glimpse of the divine

As the legal ground shifts under race-specific programs, Pittsburgh inches toward a long-delayed review of policies

Join YWCA Greater Pittsburgh for our annual Equity Awards Luncheon as we honor the change-makers and risk-takers in our midst. Eradicating racial and gender disparities calls for celebrating the women leading the way.

Vote delayed on proposed Allegheny County housing health code changes

Pittsburgh higher ed steps up sexual assault interventions ahead of annual spike in cases

Study on health benefits of Neville Island coke plant closure raises questions about Clairton

Pitt outlines ‘BioForge’ plans for Hazelwood site in initial pitch to city panel

Property taxes divide Allegheny County executive candidates, and Philadelphia’s experience looms large

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