“The day before my 11th birthday, Trayvon Martin was killed, awakening me to the reality that people are still learning to hate the body I’m living in.“ Read Ashanti McLaurin's first-person essay.
“They’re just throwing us resources and expecting us to use them, and a lot of the resources they are saying, and they are providing to us, a lot of students don’t feel comfortable about,” a student said, referring to the Title IX office and campus police. Read Emma Folts' coverage.
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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures welcomes bestselling historian Candice Millard to the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland on Oct. 24. This season’s 2022/23 Ten Evenings speakers include Clint Smith, Joy Harjo, Hanif Abdurraqib and Hanya Yanagihara. See the full roster at pittsburghlectures.org/ten-evenings. Purchase your in-person or virtual tickets and subscriptions at pittsburghlectures.org.
In Pittsburgh today, bureaucratic hoops and red tape make it illegal to convert your basement or garage into a rental. But in California, so-called “alternative dwelling units” are all the rage. Can ADUs help with Pittsburgh’s affordable housing shortage? Read the story.
This fall, yet-unnamed contenders will vie for county executive, the most powerful political post in Western Pennsylvania. What should their platforms address? We want your input for use in a coming story. Email your top 3 county government priorities, and any other thoughts, to reporter Charlie Wolfson at [email protected].
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