Jared Wickerham
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Pgh Bike Jam blocks traffic in protest of critical bicycle collision
Demonstrators temporarily blocked parts of Penn Avenue and 16th Street earlier today to protest a traffic collision that left a bicyclist in critical condition 12 days prior. The victim's condition is still unknown, advocates say. → Read More
Striking Post-Gazette workers protest outside publisher's Duquesne Club wedding reception
Striking newspaper workers protested outside the prestigious Duquesne Club this afternoon, while inside, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publisher John Block celebrated his wedding. → Read More
PHOTOS: Post-Gazette journalists strike; promise to publish "strike publication"
A photo essay of striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists who are promising to publish a "strike publication" in the near future. → Read More
Community members honor Jim Rogers with candlelight vigil on anniversary of his death
A candlelight vigil was in Friendship Park to honor Jim Rogers on the first anniversary of his death. Rogers died less than 24 hours after Pittsburgh Police officers tased him eight times, and advocates continue to call for the officers involved to be charged. → Read More
Allegheny County Labor Day Parade returns to Pittsburgh
A photo essay of labor organizers, politicians, and supporters as they marched through Downtown Pittsburgh during this year's Labor Day Parade, which comes in the midst of a wave of organizing service workers sweeping through the region and the country. → Read More
Abortion rights rally marches through Downtown Pittsburgh following Roe V. Wade leak
About 150 people gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh on May 3 to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, a plan first revealed... → Read More
Wilkinsburg officer strikes protester during demonstration against police brutality
A Wilkinsburg police officer punched a protester to the ground during a demonstration against police brutality on April 16. The group of around 20 people... → Read More
PHOTOS: Punks Invade Roxian Theatre for ANTIfest
After a long postponement due to the pandemic, ANTIfest — the popular music festival featuring Swiss Army, Doll Skin, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Punchline, Suicide Machines, and headlined by Anti-Flag — finally went off on Sat., Nov. 20 at the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks. → Read More
PHOTOS: Pittsburgh joins nationwide rallies in support of abortion rights
Thousands of people gathered and marched throughout Downtown Pittsburgh on Sat., Oct. 2 as part of a "Defending The Right To Choose" rally in support... → Read More
PHOTOS: Dannielle Brown ends hunger strike; announces The Marquis Jaylen Brown Foundation
After 237 days, Dannielle Brown ended her hunger strike in the same place she started it: Freedom Corner. Brown first began her hunger strike in protest for answers from Duquesne University in regards to the death of her son Jaylen. → Read More
Scenes from a longterm Pittsburgh couple's backyard pandemic wedding
Pittsburgh City Photos: An exploration of the city through photographs → Read More
Popular hip-hop artist Benji. returns to Pittsburgh recording studio
"Smile, You're Alive," a tweet that has been sent every day for months by popular hip-hop artist Benji., is as much a daily reminder to... → Read More
PHOTOS: Allegheny County helps clinch end to Trump presidency; Pittsburghers take to the streets to celebrate Biden-Harris win
Pennsylvania, and specifically Allegheny County, has been at the center of the universe this past week. And on Saturday, hundreds gathered in the South Side of Pittsburgh to celebrate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' projected win. → Read More
PHOTOS: Protesters call for the tearing down of Christopher Columbus statue on Indigenous Peoples' Day
Mere hours after an Italian-American group in support of Pittsburgh's Christopher Columbus statue in Schenley Park convened at the monument, another protest was held in the same location, calling for its removal on Indigenous Peoples' Day. Various POC-led groups organized the gathering with multiple speakers talking of the racist actions and ideals the monument stands for. → Read More
PHOTOS: F.J.E. Wednesdays protest marches peacefully through Downtown Pittsburgh
A fairly new weekly protest made its way through Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday night, beginning at the City County Building before looping around the city... → Read More
PHOTOS: Protesters respond to marshal's arrest with march to Mayor Peduto's home
A protest and march from Mellon Park to Mayor Bill Peduto's home was organized in about six hours on Sunday, following the arrest of a marshal at this weekend's "Civil Saturdays" demonstration in Oakland. The marshal was grabbed and put into an unmarked van by plainclothes Pittsburgh Police officers on Saturday in front of a number of protesters and fellow marshals who witnessed the event. → Read More
PHOTOS: "Stop The Station" protest marches through East Liberty
Through rain and shine, nearly 300 Pittsburghers took to the streets to continue protesting the future reopening of a police station in East Liberty. Starting... → Read More
PHOTOS: More than 100 protest in Pittsburgh against Trump's trans health-care policy reversal
More than 100 marchers took to the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh today, to protest the policies being rolled back by the Trump administration. Protesters, led by the group TransYOUniting, also called out various health-care providers in Pittsburgh, including UPMC, Allegheny Health Network, and others to ensure the health and safety for those in the trans community was being met. → Read More
PHOTOS: March in honor of Jonny Gammage through Brentwood and Whitehall
Today, about 50 protesters marched through the Pittsburgh suburbs of Brentwood and Whitehall in honor of the late Jonny Gammage, a Black man killed by... → Read More
PHOTOS: Anti-Trump protesters demonstrate against MAGA boat parade
Anti-Trump protesters finally came face-to-face with a MAGA rally on the North Side on Saturday afternoon, leading to a heated shouting match nearly two hours... → Read More