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Workers voice steel's history: Bruce Spiegel's new documentary, "City of Steel," traces the rise and decline of Pittsburgh's steel industry through the voices of the workers who made it happen. The documentary is available to stream for

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Electric rates surge. Duquesne Light customers face rate increases over 20% this winter. Why? Natural gas prices have increased, especially as liquefied natural gas is shipped overseas to Ukraine. Jillian Forstadt reports for WESA

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Robot landlords buy up Pittsburgh: Investment funds and other institutional investors are buying up thousands of single-family homes and other foreclosed properties nationwide, including in Pittsburgh and other Rust Belt cities

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Note: In solidarity with striking Newspaper Guild workers, Pittsburgh Independent will not link to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Follow striking workers’ news coverage at the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Starbucks strikes hit Pittsburgh. WESA

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Note: In solidarity with striking Newsguild workers, Pittsburgh Independent will not share or link to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Follow striking workers’ news coverage at the Pittsburgh Union Progress.

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In solidarity with striking Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild members, the Pittsburgh Independent will no longer link to Post-Gazette news articles until the strike is resolved. In the meantime, maybe read The Rooster’s profile of the weirdo Block

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We’re back. But the news never stops. (Unless maybe there’s a printers strike.) Here’s some Pittsburgh news you may have missed: Union Calls for PG Boycott. After seeing their healthcare cut, printers and other production workers on strike

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