Prelude One night, when you are to readYour poems after a womanWho performs in a beretJauntily angled and a scarfTrailing fringe to her knees, you’reEmbarrassed enough to …

Jan 23, 2025 · (Editor’s note: this story was originally published Dec. 3) Stick Up for U.S. SteelOne thing the U.S. presidential aspirants had in common this year is they all came out …

Dec 16, 2024 · (Editor’s note: this story was originally published Dec. 3) Stick Up for U.S. SteelOne thing the U.S. presidential aspirants had in common this year is they all came out …

Nov 5, 2024 · If you walked the streets of Pittsburgh’s Strip District in 1924 at noon, you may have needed a lamp to cut through the thick air pollution of the city once described as “hell with the …

Publisher Douglas Heuck started Pittsburgh Quarterly in 2006 after 20 years as an award- winning investigative reporter and business editor at Pittsburgh’s major daily newspapers. Pittsburgh …

23 hours ago · Long before Covid came along to decimate commercial real estate, there was something called “Casual Fridays.” That one day a week of switching to khakis and polos had …

Dec 6, 2023 · When I came to Pittsburgh in 1985, it was a great city — the late David McCullough called it “the essential American city.” But it was a great city in shock. The massive industrial …

Dec 12, 2024 · At 3 a.m. Sunday, October 20, I bolted out of bed with a thought. Weeks earlier, I’d tried unsuccessfully to attend a Kamala Harris rally to spread the word about the Pittsburgh …

Jul 2, 2024 · One weeknight in early April, i returned home after a tiring day packed with meetings. I don’t usually drink during the week, but as I sat down with the day’s mail, I eyed a bottle of …

Stop the StrikeFor the past 18 months, Pittsburgh has endured the divisive antipathy of a newspaper strike between the Post-Gazette and five unions. While it’s understandable that …