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The Pajama Factory: Setting the record straight

It is time for us to emphasize, from our perspective, what we feel is accurate about the situation we are facing at the Pajama Factory today. This is especially important at a time where there are sensationalized headlines and false rumors floating around. When you put your heart and money into ...

It’s time for a woman president

The role of women in modern American culture is way behind the rest of the world. For centuries women in other countries have been heralded as exceptional leaders and heroes: Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria, Eva Peron, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, and Mary Queen of Scots just to ...

Unveiling the truth about human trafficking

Human trafficking is a heinous and pervasive crime that entraps an estimated 27.6 million people worldwide. Yet, it remains cloaked in misconceptions and dangerous stereotypes. Many perceive it as a problem confined to faraway countries or vulnerable individuals in major metropolitan areas. ...

Obama returns to a different Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH -- When former President Barack Obama comes to Pittsburgh on Thursday to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in the home stretch for next month’s election, he will be returning to a very different western Pennsylvania from the one he won robustly in 2008 and less so in ...

COVID-19’s shift to endemic

A couple weeks ago I started feeling stuffy and sneezing and my throat felt scratchy. I thought it was probably my normal summer allergies, which have been especially troublesome this year. But then I thought, “What if it’s not?” I had recently been in a few more public situations than ...

What immigration really means

American citizens are right to be concerned about immigration. I have met hundreds of immigrants over the past decades, in my work as an ER doctor and as a volunteer since I retired. Here is a typical story. This was a man from a Central American country that suffers from a lot of of gang ...