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This week, Rachel Windsor tells us how volunteering in animal shelters for 13 years has brought her knowledge, understanding and empathy. But it hasn’t been without heartache.

Also, PublicSource analyzed 18 subdivisions in Allegheny County in which race was a factor in determining who could live there. While racially restrictive deeds have not been enforceable for decades, the impacts went far beyond housing and may be seen in enduring inequities in education, health and employment. Read more about how racist covenants still echo around Pittsburgh and take a virtual tour of once-racially restricted neighborhoods.

The payoff and pain of working with rescue animals taught me a lot about being human

Built for white people: The hidden racist history of some Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Racist deeds still echo
Explore Pittsburgh neighborhoods built with racial restrictions

Allegheny County beefed up staff — except at Kane nursing homes

Why independents can’t vote in the 2024 Pa. primary, and the slow-moving push to change that

‘The time has passed’: PPS sues county to force property reassessments

PRT seeks to exorcise ‘ghost buses’ that bedevil transit app users

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