My mother taught me to explain my name’s meaning by the time I was four, and the gist of the responses I’d get from family friends and her coworkers was that Atiya was a beautiful name.

Pundits have mispronounced Kamala Harris’ name often. It reminds me of times I’ve corrected (and not corrected) the ...

Chatham faculty have paused their union bid out of fear that the NLRB may side against higher education organizers once ...

A developer pitched plans to convert a bankrupt Comfort Inn on East Ohio Street into affordable housing. They lost the ...

Braddock, Clairton and West Mifflin mayors support U.S. Steel's sale to Japanese Nippon Steel while the United Steelworkers ...

Ed Gainey’s administration has adjusted proposed zoning changes ahead of a possible Dec. 10 City Planning Commission vote.

PGH SK8 hosted a screening of HBO's “United Skates,” and its leaders shared hopes of opening a roller rink in Pittsburgh’s ...

Somerset County and Philadelphia are fighting decisions made by a powerful state oversight board to reject their spending plans.

With fracking supporters Donald Trump and Dave McCormick headed for Washington, Rice’s Pittsburgh natural gas corporation is ...

University of Pittsburgh graduate student workers successfully voted to unionize. Five years earlier, a similar bid to ...

“The bottom line is homelessness is real,” said Yvonne Rainey, a community activist from California-Kirkbride. “Children are homeless. We have people that’s working that’s homeless. So give it a ...