A 🧵on Central Bucks School District (I never left): Lenape Middle School students and parents are protesting sudden changes that seem to target the LGBTQ+ community. ACLU Pa. says it's hard not to conclude that the pattern in CBSD is a "systemic assault" on LGBTQ+ students.

Listening to powerful Angela Kocherga piece. Thinking about everyone whose pain & grief have flooded back over the last 11 days, and the communities just beginning to grieve My heart is in my hometown, Pittsburgh. My former home, El Paso. Buffalo & Uvalde tinyurl.com/4zrdd3k8

Before this week's massacre, Uvalde schools were part of the Chicano movement's historic student walkouts. Many still live in Uvalde, and Martha Pskowski, J. Omar Ornelas & me spoke to some. “Most walkouts were one day or one hour. Uvalde’s walkout was six weeks.” elpasotimes.com/story/news/202…

Last night, I talked with 10 yr old Caitlyne Gonzales, who called her mom while a gunman was in a classroom across the hallway. "Mommy, come pick me up now!" she pleaded. Two of Caitlyne's best friends were killed. KERA News keranews.org/news/2022-05-2…

☕️Starbucks unions are picking up steam across the country, including here in Pgh. Newsletter editor Francesca Dabecco is talking with national field director for Workers United Daisy Pitkin about how queer folks are steering the movement. Pittsburgh Starbucks Workers United pod.link/citycastpittsb…

With neighboring states moving to ban or severely restrict abortion access, Pittsburgh could soon become a beacon for abortion care. More on what that means - and how the city’s processing the end of Roe - on today’s City Cast Pittsburgh.

Whatever happened to that racist Stephen Foster statue in Oakland? It came down by unanimous decision in 2018, and we wondered where it’s been since. It turns out, it’s still in a local basement. But there’s a museum director in LA who’s got a plan. 🎙️pod.link/citycastpittsb…

🥫The City Cast Pittsburgh team is so proud to welcome our newest contributor Rossilynne Skena Culgan on the pod today. She's talking about her piece for Pittsburgh City Paper celebrating 60 years of Andy Warhol’s soup-er art. 🎧 pod.link/citycastpittsb…

"Acrisource? What the heck is that all abaht?" My first day out in the field with City Cast Pittsburgh was a true delight.

Pittsburgh might not have the most bridges in the U.S., but we do have the most public staircases. City Cast takes a field trip with Laura Zurowski aka Mis.Steps on a field trip to Troy Hill as she explains how Pittsburgh became the staircase capitol. 🎧pod.link/citycastpittsb…

Come join our team! We've got a 3-month contract position for an audio producer starting in Oct. Pittsburgh residence preferred but not required. (Though if you're local, you get to join for fun field trips like a strawberry pretzel salad taste-off 🍓🥨)

Some tastes are just quintessentially Pittsburgh, and today we’re celebrating a summertime staple — the strawberry pretzel jello salad — with contributor Rossilynne Skena Culgan who recently shared this classic dish with SAVEUR. 🍓🥨 🎧pod.link/citycastpittsb…

Platforms like YouTube often fall well short of protecting content creators. Pittsburgh-based ASMRtist Lilliana Dee, aka Lily Whispers, is explaining how she uses her day job in cyber security to raise red flags on things like fetish mining. 🎧 pod.link/citycastpittsb…

Dusting off the 'ol twitter account to share an update and a job opp! I'm now the Lead Producer at City Cast Pittsburgh which means we're hiring a new Audio Producer. Come join our team and share important stories about the 'Burgh: citycast.fm/audio-producer…