in Pittsburgh

2 months ago | madinamerica.com | Kevin Gallagher |in Pittsburgh

Dominant approaches to mental health have focused on the individual—framing distress as a result of biology, willpower, or personal coping failures. The field has made only limited forays into understanding the social conditions that shape mental well-being, typically in ways that reinforce societal norms and emphasize reintegrating individuals into the very structures that may be harming them.

Nov 8, 2024 | journalnow.com | in Pittsburgh

I was a little surprised by the poll results on Tuesday. The Georgia Bulldogs should have been ranked second, not third, and Vanderbilt should have cracked the Top 25. Of course, I’m talking about the College Football Playoff Rankings, which were unveiled on Tuesday night as election results were being tabulated at precincts across the nation. While I was sitting in the newsroom eating pizza and waiting for winners to emerge, my brother called to remind me of that other poll.

Dec 18, 2023 | poets.org | Jericho Brown |Ross Gay |Elizabeth Alexander |in Pittsburgh

Find and share the perfect poems. My uncles are the tallest men I know. Every doorway a chance to bow  Their heads, they love the Lord.   Skin so dark their last name is Lenoir.          Imagine growing up Black  In Louisiana with a name that French  But only able to pass for night.   By the time each one hits thirteen,                 He’s picked enough cotton for me  To think of blisters when I wear  A new shirt. At fourteen, he thinks  Of six feet with nostalgia.

May 3, 2023 | theguardian.com | in Pittsburgh

The man charged in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history lost another bid to get the death penalty removed as a possible punishment. Jury selection is under way in the federal trial of Robert Bowers, who is charged with 63 criminal counts in the killings of 11 people on 27 October 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue, where three congregations gathered.