Me, Pittsburgh and its 'Death Stairs'

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Hey readers! It's the writer behind this newsletter, Stephanie. 👋

Assuming you're local to the Steel City, it is safe to assume you've — whether desired or not — traversed one of Pittsburgh's many staircases.

In a first-person essay, Steve Hanson writes about his childhood spent exploring the city's hills via those steps. After experiencing health issues in adulthood, though, his view of the steps has changed.

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We closed the chapter on our investigative higher ed series, Opening the Books. The final story looks at presidential pay hikes at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University as faculty's wages lag behind.
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