From my time as a freelance contributor to Pittsburgh City Paper:

Test Question: Will state drug tests for welfare really come at a savings?

GOP lawmakers pushing restrictive welfare reform bills

Groups offering alternative to costly instant refunds

Welfare Taxed

Forgive Us Our Debts

Not Labor's Day

Silent Film

Mural Dilemma

Renowned journalist John Hoerr returns to the steelmaking McKeesport of his youth in his first novel