My Experience at the Tom Hanks Headlined #WhenWeAllVote Event
By Angela Altieri, Point Park News Service Six hundred and twenty-seven. That may seem like a large number, but it’s not. It’s the number of votes that separated Conor Lamb and Rick Saccone in the Pennsylvania 18th District Special Election earlier this year. Across...
New District 4 Councilman looks to re-energize the South Hills
By: James Kail, Point Park News Service Fed up with the lack of attention on his Carrick street, Neal Hinterlang felt the only way to overcome the disastrous January blizzard was to purchase new snow tires. Kate Freeman described a similar public works issue when her...The push for $15 an hour
College Students comment on the prospect of a higher minimum wage By James Kail, Point Park News Service: Casey McGaw, of Harrisburg, believes that Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is unlivable. Justin Hill a Robert Morris University senior says that a raise from $7.25 an...
Possible Solutions to Pennsylvania’s Gerrymandering Conundrum
Research from Carnegie Mellon University inspires proposed protocols to end issue By: Kimberly Keagy, Point Park News Service: When Carnegie Mellon University mathematician Alan Frieze started thinking about why half the state voted Democrat, he wondered why the...Reaction to President Trump
It’s been one year since American voters elected President Donald Trump, and a lot has happened since then. Point Park News Service journalists took to the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh to collect citizens’ thoughts… Yvette Platt is not a fan of President...
There are over 13,000 people with developmental disabilities waiting for services. Award-winning podcaster Erin Gannon speaks with a prominent disability advocate to unpack the full impact of this fact. https://t.co/NSdNWSZPmL
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Some 30% of people w/#DownSyndrome in their 50s have #Alzheimers, says @NDSS. Hear a sister's remembrance of her brother, who had DS and developed dementia. On A Valid Podcast from All-Abilities Media's collaborations w/ @pointparkcmi, @PublicSourcePA https://t.co/8x8UrAHGAG