Rich Lord
richelord.bsky.social
Rich Lord
@richelord.bsky.social
Longtime Pittsburgh journo. Managing editor at Pittsburgh's Public Source. Author of American Nightmare: Predatory Lending and the Foreclosure of the American Dream. Part of a 2018 Pulitzer-winning team. Gardener, cyclist, husband, dad.
The ICE arrest count in the Pittsburgh region www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-i...
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And even if you just break it down to income vs home value, we're still not the most affordable
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“Appreciating things that we take for granted has helped me get through life.” Meet Geoffrey Gordon, who works through multiple disabilities as he strives to make his career in art. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-j...
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Once a homeownership haven, Pittsburgh now has a renter majority. @chwolfson.bsky.social shows the trends at the neighborhood level in 3 maps www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
See who makes what in Allegheny County government (except the redacted names) www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This jarrah tree grew for 700 years, but was felled so Pittsburgh-based Alcoa could get at the bauxite beneath it. The company replants ... but it takes hundreds of years for Australia's jarrahs to get big enough to support cockatoos apps.publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-...
May 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reporter Lajja Mistry of @publicsource.org has done the math and charted the changes www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
April 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This look at the landscape of deaf worship comes via a collaboration between @publicsource.org and the Next Generation Newsroom at the PointPark Center for Media Innovation which published here www.nextgenerationnewsroom.org/news/deaf-pe...
April 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Thanks also to photographers Amaya Lobato Rivas and @stephstrasburg.bsky.social for bringing the community into sharp focus.
April 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We @publicsource worked with Pittsburgh Latino Magazine and veteran Nicaraguan journalist Freddy Potoy Rosales to report this story. It was initially reported and written in Spanish www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...
April 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This @publicsource.org exploration, with Technical.ly, begins with a look at how the NLRB influences - but does not completely control - the ability of unions to organize.
February 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Pittsburgh zoning and its effects on affordable housing brought at least 100 people to yesterday's (and early today's) City Planning Commission meeting. Here's what happened www.publicsource.org/inclusionary... and a chart of the alternatives now heading for Pittsburgh City Council
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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December 31, 2024 at 6:53 PM
VOTE TODAY (or tomorrow, if you're busy today) in the @publicsource.org 2024 news ballot www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...
December 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
The @publicsource.org team shows up at events like Taco Fest with an eye toward identifying community voices to share with our readers. You can find the full spectrum here: www.publicsource.org/category/fir...
December 7, 2024 at 7:28 PM