Pennsylvania and surrounding areas
Pittsburgh, the Ohio Valley, and surrounding areas
Pollution
Fig. 1. Photographer unknown, circa 1940-1950, from Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1940-1950, AIS.1978.22, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh, via Bloomberg,[1] fair use.
Roman Hladio, “Study on health benefits of Neville Island coke plant closure raises questions about Clairton,” Public Source, September 5, 2023, https://www.publicsource.org/shenango-coke-works-neville-island-clairton-air-quality-health-environment/
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Mills
Pittsburgh Mills is sounding more and more like Century III Mall.[2] The big difference, for now, is that Pittsburgh Mills remains open, with a number of stores still in operation.
Ciara McEneany and Neena Hagen, “‘No room for Namdar’: Pittsburgh Mills owner has a record of leaving U.S. shopping centers in disarray,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 9, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2023/09/09/namdar-pittsburgh-mills-mall-frazer-moonbeam/stories/202309100036
Neoliberalism
Work
Fig. 1. The spectre of Death, in the form of a large skeleton, rises with the smoke and flames of the burning Asch Building during the Triangle fire, as people jump and fall to their death. Artist unknown, from International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985) at The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Cassie Miller, “Pennsylvania sees ‘dramatic increase’ in reports of child labor law violations,” Pennsylvania Capital-Star, September 5, 2023, https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/pennsylvania-sees-dramatic-increase-in-reports-of-child-labor-law-violations/
Illiberalism
Gilead
Migration
Hamed Aleaziz, “Abbott criticizes Biden over Times report that some migrants may be forced to stay in Texas,” Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-08/abbott-biden-latimes-migrants-stay-in-texas
- [1]Mark Byrnes, “What Pittsburgh Looked Like When It Decided It Had a Pollution Problem,” Bloomberg, June 5, 2012, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-06-05/what-pittsburgh-looked-like-when-it-decided-it-had-a-pollution-problem↩
- [2]Ciara McEneany and Neena Hagen, “‘No room for Namdar’: Pittsburgh Mills owner has a record of leaving U.S. shopping centers in disarray,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 9, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2023/09/09/namdar-pittsburgh-mills-mall-frazer-moonbeam/stories/202309100036↩