Jordana Rosenfeld

Pittsburgh

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Schedule F | Donald Trump, Federal Workers, Political Loyalists, Deep State, Schedule Policy/Career, & Facts | Britannica

2 weeks ago | britannica.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

Also called: Schedule Policy/Career Schedule F, Schedule F is an employment category of federal government workers established in an executive order issued by U.S. Republican Pres. Donald Trump in 2020, near the end of his first term (2017–21).
Ultra-processed food (UPF) | Description, History, Classification, & Health Effects | Britannica

2 months ago | britannica.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

Top Questions Ultra-processed foods are industrially produced foods that are made with industrial ingredients, including processed meats and food additives, and that typically have high levels of fat, sugar, and salt. Examples of ultra-processed foods include frozen foods, breakfast cereals, packaged snacks, lunch meats, hot dogs, soft drinks, and distilled alcoholic beverages.
Former Pittsburgh homeless encampments replaced by boulders

2 months ago | publicsource.org | Jordana Rosenfeld

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has augmented city efforts to cut down on the number of people living in tents Downtown by adding rocks to former encampment sites. But some advocates and people who have experienced homelessness are calling the changes “hostile,” raising questions about what should be done with the sites of former tent encampments.
What happens to the unhoused after a tent sweep? Surprise protest at Mayor Gainey’s office highlights the uncertainty

Dec 16, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

Last week, a group of about 30 advocates showed up unannounced at Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s office to protest the City’s plans to remove the unhoused people living on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail on the North Side on Dec. 15. The advocates, some of whom have themselves experienced homelessness, came on Dec.
Bechdel test | Definition, Movies, & Criticism | Britannica

Dec 10, 2024 | britannica.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

Also called: Bechdel-Wallace test or Mo Movie Measure Top Questions The Bechdel test evaluates the presence and dimensionality of women in fictional media, requiring at least two women to talk to each other about a topic other than men.
While the Thomas Merton Center is gone, "Thrifty" carries on its legacy

Nov 20, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

[ { "name": "Local Action Unit", "component": "24929589", "insertPoint": "3", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] After more than 50 years as a hub for anti-war and social justice activism in Pittsburgh, the Thomas Merton Center closed in September, citing budgetary issues.
Pittsburgh Disaster Solidarity hasn't forgotten Hurricane Helene's victims

Nov 3, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

In late September, in what would end up among the deadliest and costliest storms in U.S. history, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and quickly raged inland, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The storm claimed more than 230 lives and has done as much as $200 billion of damage to communities in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Millions lost access to electricity and phone service and thousands were without drinkable water.
Pittsburgh public bathrooms effort has uncertain funding future

Oct 23, 2024 | publicsource.org | Jordana Rosenfeld

Uncertainty hangs over Pittsburgh’s nascent public bathroom initiative as some Downtown stakeholders seek expanded offerings while, emails show, funding nearly ran dry this year. From September 2023 to February 2024, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership [PDP] installed and maintained temporary public restroom trailers in two Downtown locations. The initiative gained momentum at a five-hour hearing convened after Allegheny County officials shuttered a major Downtown shelter in June 2023.
Accelerationism | Types, Origins, Marx, Nietzsche, Left, Right, Lord of Light, & Facts | Britannica

Oct 16, 2024 | britannica.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

Left-wing accelerationism Left-wing accelerationism offers an ardent critique of both capitalism and the perceived failure of capitalism’s leftist foes to envision, or devise effective strategies to bring about, a viable postcapitalist future.
Apocalypse Now | Plot, Production, Rereleases, & Legacy

Sep 19, 2024 | britannica.com | Jordana Rosenfeld

Apocalypse Now, American Vietnam War epic, released in 1979 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, that follows a U.S. Army captain tasked with traveling from South Vietnam to Cambodia to assassinate a rogue Special Forces colonel whom the Army believes has gone insane. The film is loosely based on English writer Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, which depicts the horrors of Western colonialism in Africa and explores the human capacity for evil.