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YUIR Makes a Difference in Teens’ Lives and the Community

By Serena Zets- 11th Grade, Pittsburgh CAPA

YUIR (Youth Undoing Institutional Racism) might be the most productive Pittsburgh activist coalition that you haven't heard of, but they're trying to change that through their newest campaign and advocacy work. Read more [...]

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Teen Film Crew and Pittsburgh’s Burgeoning Film Industry

By Liza Wilson - 11th Grade, Oakland Catholic High School
Can Pittsburgh become the new Hollywood? Pittsburgh's fastest growing industry is film, and recently, blockbusters such as The Avengers (2012), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014) were filmed in the city. Many extremely popular movies have been shot here in the last few decades, Read more [...]

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Cryptozoology: A Lesson in Media Literacy

By Liza Wilson- 11th Grade, Oakland Catholic High School Merriam-Webster defines cryptozoology as "the study of and search for animals and especially legendary animals (as Sasquatch) usually in order to evaluate the possibility of their existence." At the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, this study has been cleverly used to teach Read more [...]

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Teen Summer Reading

By Serena Zets - 10th Grade, Pittsburgh CAPA
Most people would assume that the last thing teens want to do in the summer is read. If that’s true, what explains the thriving teen summer reading program at the Carnegie Library? Read more [...]

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We Are Our Future

The story behind many established American cities remains the same: a tale of two cities is the upsetting yet reoccurring reality, as Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PolicyLink, a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity, says. Industrialized cities, if examined thoroughly, portray the bustling aspect, inhabited with economically solid individuals and the contrastingly forgotten community expanding underneath the poverty line. Unfortunately, Read more [...]

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Dreams of a Brighter Tomorrow

Written and Photography by Maille O'Toole When one first hears the word “threat”, what comes to mind? Danger? Risk? Warning, perhaps? If that were the case, then European cities needs quite the warning. Cities of Tomorrow writes, “The European Model of sustainable urban development is under threat.” The journal writes, “Europe is no longer in a situation of continuous growth,” even going as far as explaining the presence of, “weakening links between economic Read more [...]

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An Interview With Toni Griffin

by Nico Chiodi“I was trained as an architect,” Ms. Toni Griffin says as soon as she’s settled herself down for an interview. She was influenced at a young age by the TV show the Brady Bunch (Mr. Brady was an architect) and a high school drafting class. The teacher of her drafting class thought she showed talent and entered her into several competitions, which she won. She goes on to explain how one of her counselors found a program at Notre Dame where high-schoolers could live on campus Read more [...]

video 19 Oct

By Dylan Shaffer (Senior, Elizabeth Forward High School), Eva Shinavski (Junior, Elizabeth Forward High School) and Maille O'Toole (Sophomore, Peters Township High School) Expectations are a normal part of everyday life. You expect there to be a tomorrow, right? Now take the perspective out a little further. You expect the Steelers to play well. You expect vacation to be relaxing. Whether completely or partially accurate, expectations prepare us for the future. However, expectations can Read more [...]

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It was a party at CMU’s College of Fine Arts!

By Saniah Tolbert (Senior, McKeesport Area High School) Last night was the inaugural reception for the Remaking Cities Congress. Hosted in the beautifully decorated College of Fine Arts of Carnegie Mellon University, the reception was a great way to kick start the 4-day long Congress. It foreshadowed the great things that are surely to come at the end of this Congress. In the spirit of good hopes that comes with being set in Pittsburgh (obviously!), the delegates were very excited to take part Read more [...]

image 19 Oct

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and co-founders of One Young World Kate Robertson and David Jones answer questions before the opening ceremony at Heinz Hall.