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Let's Salute Those Who Go to Their Jobs April 18, 2023
When I stopped doing manual labor and became a reporter, I started to pump iron. Even though I no longer hauled shingles up a ladder or shoveled hot-mix into potholes, I wanted to stay in shape....
State Policy Penalizes Working Class April 11, 2023
Pennsylvania lawmakers regularly give away the store to wealthy interests. The theory is that it’s necessary to compete with neighboring states for development that benefits everyone through economic activity....
PA Dems Aim For Working Class With Policy and Some Anger April 03, 2023
Still stung by their loss in 2016, Pennsylvania Democrats are trying to channel the populism, and sometimes anger, that many voters feel....
Industrial Towns' Slow Demise March 14, 2022
McKees Rocks grew rapidly in the years after its 1892 incorporation as an outlying borough of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. By 1930, successive generations......
