Tag: Racism
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: An All-American City

Growing up, I attended four public city schools. If I had to rank them by how vibrant they were, how much I enjoyed them, how much I got out of them, I would say middle school was the worst, kindergarten was kindergarten, and high school was pretty good—but my elementary school was special. The ranking…
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2020 year-in-review: A year we basically have to remember

At the beginning of the year, I ran into a colleague in the elevator and asked about his New Year’s. He said it went fine and well, but that he was worried about coronavirus. Ah, I said, it’s nothing, just a headline from across the globe, and anyway these things are always overblown. In mid-February,…
