Shaylah Brown

6 days ago | post-gazette.com | Shaylah Brown

Tyrone Williams was walking out of The Suite Spot Barbershop in East Liberty on Friday, ahead of the Juneteenth holiday weekend celebrations. Right outside the shop on Penn Avenue was the Black Voters Matter bus. The national voting rights organization made a stop in Pittsburgh in celebration of Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Shaylah Brown

Something is always blooming in Sue Breedlove’s garden; there are more than 40 plant species on its 1 acre in Adams Township. White peonies, reminiscent of powdery and floral perfumes, grow in the front yard and she sometimes brings their blooms into the house for their refreshing scent. There are also bright fuchsia petunias, pink hydrangeas and Russian sage, which will produce lavender-blue blooms.

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Shaylah Brown

Kai' El Chavez-Massey, 12, from Homestead, was getting ready for school in a haste. He grabbed his shirt that was underneath a hot iron. With the grab, the iron tipped, and the hot side fell directly on his forearm. He was rushed to the emergency room. He stayed a few days in the hospital, and it took him a little more than a month to get to where he is at now, with a faint scar only slightly noticeable if someone is intentionally looking. But today, his mind is not focused on that.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Shaylah Brown

Kai’ El Chavez-Massey, 12, from Homestead, was getting ready for school in a haste. He grabbed his shirt that was underneath a hot iron. With the grab, the iron tipped, and the hot side fell directly on his forearm. He was rushed to the emergency room. He stayed a few days in the hospital, and it took him a little more than a month to get to where he is at now, with a faint scar only slightly noticeable if someone is intentionally looking. But today, his mind is not focused on that.

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Shaylah Brown

Kyle Holbrook will not be silenced. Mr. Holbrook, an international mural artist, feels the gravity and importance of his work now more than ever after two of his murals, one in Miami and another in Oakland, Calif., were defaced with racial epithets and a swastika. When Mr. Holbrook, who has painted 800 murals across the world — many of which decorate public spaces in Pittsburgh — learned of the vandalism, it was a gut punch, but it also fueled him to keep creating art that galvanizes.