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Now for the news. This week, PublicSource health and mental health reporter Venuri Siriwardane covered a South Oakland food pantry's efforts to serve refugees — and the backlash from residents when that brought more traffic to the neighborhood. 

And, in a first-person essay, Nick Cotter writes about discovering the intersecting drivers of poverty after growing up poor and white. Now he's a data scientist dedicated to understanding and addressing poverty, segregation, affordable housing and community violence.

Read all of our stories from this week below.  ⬇️

From poor white roots to intersectional anti-poverty solutions for all

County’s top health post, vacant for a year, ‘vital’ to Innamorato administration

Pittsburgh tech leaders expect more emphasis on cybersecurity, NASA collaborations and renewed interest in manufacturing jobs in 2024
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Oakland Food Pantry faces ‘a really tough balance’ between emerging needs, tight supplies, neighborhood norms 

Pennsylvania needs to spend $5.4B to close gap between rich and poor schools, Dem report says
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