John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have […]
Author: Salena Zito
Where’s the beef? Hackers bring it home
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. – Elaine Noll is standing in front of the cherry white and blue stand for Billy’s Country Smokehouse at the local farmers market. Wrapped around […]
There are deep roots in these mountains
The roots of faith, family, patriotism, dialect and work ethic are a prominent feature here. One of the first modern American presidents to recognize those characteristics here […]
Kevin McCarthy wants to arm his caucus for the 2022 battle
For Republicans to win back the majority in the House, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said GOP candidates, whether they are incumbents or challengers, must spend time with […]
Pa. town saved by fracking fears Biden will kill its prosperity
Thirty years ago, Jason Capps was a young man with ambition, but when he looked around Canonsburg, Pa., near Pittsburgh, where he grew up, all he saw […]
UMWA doesn’t always represent miners’ values
GRAYSVILLE, Pennsylvania – When coal mine employee John Morecraft heard last Monday that United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts approved of President Joe Biden’s plan […]
Lonely urban monuments evoke today’s political division
The 2.8-mile-long East Street Valley neighborhood, which once flourished in Pittsburgh, sure died hard. Only St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church remains, a lonely sentinel that survived what […]
Trump didn’t form a populist coalition; he was the result of one
They’re still there, planted in front of stately homes in wealthy suburban neighborhoods, on flagpoles in middle-class communities and along the front stoops of inner-city row houses. […]
Staging New Castle’s comeback
For over 100 years, the sprawling Shenango China plant warmly greeted just about every person who entered this Lawrence County city. It was one of the largest […]
As an industry faces destruction, it grows a voting coalition
Imagine if you had a job. A good job, one that required skill and critical thinking and had a broad impact in the community where you lived. […]
