Colin Deppen
The Incline
Pennsylvania, United States
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These sisters are making an oasis in one of Pittsburgh's harshest food deserts
TaRay Kelly, left, and Raynise Kelly are the Soil Sisters. (📸: Courtesy of the Soil Sisters) Meet TaRay and Raynise Kelly, a.k.a. the Soil Sisters. Based on the Hilltop, one of Pittsburgh’s harshest food deserts, they’re part of a growing movement of Black farmers and gardeners that’s embracing horticulture as both therapeutic and transformational. In … → Read More
How a nod to Confederate troops wound up inside an eagle cage at Pittsburgh’s National Aviary
Clockwise from left: The plaque inside Pittsburgh's National Aviary; Confederate cavalrymen are pictured inside Western Penitentiary; a rendering of the prison on what is now Pittsburgh's North Side. (📸: Illustration by The Incline / Photos via University of Kentucky Special Collections and Digital Programs and Wikimedia Commons) Maybe you’ve never noticed it before — the … → Read More
Highlighting the Helpers: The food bank workers at the center of a hunger storm
Volunteers at a food bank event at PPG Paints Arena in April. (📸: Courtesy of Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank) The images were stunning and daunting and grim. Hundreds of cars waiting for emergency food in Duquesne. The same at the Butler County Fairgrounds, and PPG Paints, and the airport weeks later. During this pandemic, … → Read More
10 ways to use your stimulus check to support Pittsburgh — if you can spare it
Give back to the city that you love. (📸: Incline file photo) Stimulus checks are going out — you may have received yours already. And what Pittsburghers do with that money really matters as local businesses struggle with the economic impacts of this pandemic. According to economists, every dollar spent locally creates a ripple effect in … → Read More
The Post-Gazette's controversial editorial director just took over the newsroom
Keith Burris was at the center of the firing of cartoonist Rob Rogers and penned the "Reason as Racism" editorial. → Read More
Newsroom union files unfair labor complaint against Post-Gazette after publisher went 'berserk'
Post-Gazette employees said the Saturday incident included classist insults and threats of firings. → Read More
The Post-Gazette's publisher 'went berserk in the newsroom.' Now the union wants him barred from the office.
Some PG employees concerned for their safety are working from home. → Read More
Bad Public Transportation Keeps Americans Poor. These Folks Won’t Tolerate It.
For many, achieving the American Dream depends on access to public transit. → Read More
How did immigration play in Pennsylvania during the midterms?
Not the way the GOP hoped. → Read More
Lt. gov. hopeful Jeff Bartos says the death penalty is a deterrent. Researchers disagree.
The lieutenant governor candidate made the claim in a televised debate. → Read More
Why People With Disabilities Are Protesting Like Hell
“My disability is not that something’s wrong with me, it’s that the world has not adapted to me,” Pittsburgh disability advocate Alisa Grishman said. → Read More
'Young and naive'? Inside Pennsylvania's nation-leading youth voter surge
Registered voters in Pa. under 35 now outnumber those over 64. → Read More
Why PA's controversial Berks detention center for immigrant families is still open
A chorus of legislators and Philadelphia City Council are calling for the Berks County facility's closure, as pressure mounts on Gov. Tom Wolf. → Read More
No, Lou Barletta's city wasn’t half-Latino when he was reelected mayor
He’s known for a controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. → Read More
US losing one bank or credit union a day, but trend was in works before Dodd-Frank
According to U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, community banks have been collateral damage in Dodd-Frank’s push to rein in big banks. Rothfus said America has lost an average of one community bank or credit union every day since the end of the Great Recession, when Dodd-Frank became law. Rothfus, a Republican, made the claim in a press release explaining his May 22 vote in favor of a partial rollback of… → Read More
Is a hot dog a sandwich? Gov. Tom Wolf thinks so
Somewhere, Scott Wagner is drafting an attack ad titled “The wurst of Harrisburg.” → Read More
Lou Barletta wins GOP Senate race, will face Bob Casey in November
Barletta has aligned himself with President Donald Trump. → Read More
Your guide to who's running for PA lieutenant governor — and why you should care
This might be the last election before the state gets rid of the position. → Read More
Rep. Lou Barletta says Sen. Bob Casey wants to 'eliminate our borders.' He doesn’t.
A long-time immigration critic and current candidate for U.S. senator, Rep. Lou Barletta, claimed in a fundraising email that the sitting Democratic U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, Bob Casey, wants to “eliminate our borders.” “Liberal California billionaire Tom Steyer is spending millions of dollars to back Bob Casey and influence Pennsylvania’s election. This is no surprise, given that Casey… → Read More
Why PA only has 2 pot growers to supply 7,000 medical marijuana cardholders
Creating demand before supply was a smart way to launch the program, industry lawyers say. → Read More