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A national eviction moratorium isn’t enough. To address the coronavirus housing crisis, the federal government must arm cities with good data about where tenants are being evicted. 

Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation, parent organization of 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR news station, and 91.3 WYEP,  elected a new slate of officers and welcomed eight new Directors to the Board at its December, 2020 meeting, including the election of Maxwell King as Board Chair and Dina Clark as Vice Chair. 

As protests erupted worldwide in May after George Floyd’s death in the custody of Minneapolis police officers, the PPG Foundation moved swiftly to donate to organizations that address racial inequities.

Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology and Psychology Rebecca Thurston has seen an increase in her clinical case load recently. “These are very stressful times for so many of us.

STYX have been linked with the Steelers for a number of years. With the song ‘Renegade’ an adopted team song, the band have also played the National Anthem at numerous match days over the years. The band filmed a new socially distanced video for the track ‘Too Much Time On My Hands’, which you can see below, and they are asking fans for donations to the Pittsburgh Foundation Emergency Action Fund.

Officials at the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County are launching a search for a new executive director, following the announcement Tuesday that Phil Koch is moving into a new post at The Pittsburgh Foundation. Koch will maintain his post with the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, where he served for five years, while officials seek a successor. Koch will transition into the role of vice president for Policy and Community Impact at The Pittsburgh Foundation.

A Chronicle of Philanthropy report found charitable giving in the first half of 2020 exceeded the same period in 2019 by 7.5%. Experts said much of that was driven by a 19.2% increase in the number of contributions of $250 or less.