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One family’s story of working life led to a picket line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1709695753451-G4NYF4QIN54ZMJ9YJ0VU/Scabby-2048x1415.jpg Home - A look at Scabby's past Investigation into famous balloon rat reveals inflated claims https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1709695754290-RFFKW6AL2FI9AWT0XS0F/Scab01-2048x1432.jpg Home - What (or who) is a scab? 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Click the image to learn more about the book, "After the Smoke Clears." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1537667931291-5BRW0T6JDB6ENUXNXSUZ/_webVideo002.jpg Home - Short stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1537667930469-V1KPWMC4NXP0P6C7KP9B/_webVideo001.jpg Home - Journeys out of Darkness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1732736880685-ZS51MIGCQX9QORS36NWU/Blast01.jpg Home - 1927 North Side Explosion An early morning blast leveled a portion of Manchester and caused damage that continues to reverberate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1732737688164-MZSK09KUHS4EYHAXRBTE/BoxFire.png Home - Pain lingers from 1915 factory fire A dozen workers died, most were girls and young women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099724440-8QSK8YRCGFKZ903MZ4S4/20231208smDarr01a.jpg Home - Death at Darr mine Dec. 19, 1907: A day of ‘heart-piercing shrieks of grief’ in a Westmoreland coal town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099719993-GBMLLDIMUXC62XM720V2/Pix_EdgarThomson-2048x1278.jpg Home - Seven days on edge Two strikes rattled the region in a single week in 1916; one ended in cheers, another in bloodshed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099720115-OXUXCGITNHNRY74QCY4K/1923KKK_03-2-2048x1224.jpg Home - The Klan takes a beating When the KKK came to town 100 years ago, Carnegie residents fought back — and things got bloody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099714818-6IRQLH4WB4QVHJ8ZPBB3/20221214smWabashPier01-2048x1366.jpg Home - The price of a bridge The Wabash Bridge pier is for sale; its story is one of sacrifice and loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099714323-9EWNI3V81T9MQMVQIZ0Y/20230309smTunnel02-2048x1345.jpg Home - ‘Help, get me out’ The tragic and troubled history of Stowe’s tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099717129-QVTSUICVLYOBSAHV4AKG/20230207smBraddock02-1-2048x1427.jpg Home - 'Out of This Furnace' Remnants of life flicker on Braddock’s Washington Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707099725935-P8ANDCN4MPYGP6PFSERQ/18961227PghPressGazawayBlur01-2048x1341.jpg Home - 'I want to meet him in heaven' One journey with a Bethel AME pastor in 1898 reveals extraordinary grace in a brutal era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1596312744453-JU7R8HUAAZ80A476ZALB/JoeThomasPix.jpg Home - The Notorious Trial of Joe Thomas In a time of panic and fear, a few carefully chosen words transformed a black man who'd migrated from the South into a mythically evil character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1537647924402-BR7PU9DXSQZZSJQYDVFO/image-asset.jpeg Home Caskets bearing the bodies of three slain Pittsburgh Police officers are carried into the Pittsburgh City-County Building for public mourning. 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A toxicologist explains why the derailment and fires endangered more people than previously thought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1732673887969-WKB2VPLF6MCBWPXV4UOQ/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+9.17.26%E2%80%AFPM.png Home - The Presidential Visit Joe Biden came to East Palestine, but did he hear the people’s concerns? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1732673899423-B3X0TQ89SWBB9QNV6RI1/Screenshot+2024-11-26+at+9.14.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Home - Stories of Pain Activists from unions, environmental groups and journalists hear stories of pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707102550682-ZOXWUI78ARXUNLSFPXK3/EastPalestineWreck01-2048x1279.jpg Home - An Industry's Toll Destruction and tragedy accompanied prosperity after trains came to East Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707098184896-96CON7GZ3FS2KVR7WR1U/20230921smEP02-2048x1342.jpg Home - 'It's Not Safe' A voice from the buried town of Times Beach has advice for East Palestine residents: Get out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707098176639-MOUNNYVA4PBD91O2VVAK/20230518smEP01-2048x1376.jpg Home - ‘Depression is Through the Roof’ East Palestine residents can’t return to homes they fear are poisoned, and it’s taking a toll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707098141543-33GT6GM72ZFMTSZQ4TBL/20230316ng_EastPalestine01-1-2048x1384.jpg Home - 'I Don't See Hope in Anything' Seven weeks after rail disaster, residents struggle with the unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ab93b6b8f5b40eb1c9c38/1707098158672-748U4MUBH0JZCZW1OJ1B/20230921smEP01-2048x1384.jpg Home - An Industry Out of Control The toxic train derailment in East Palestine is a 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