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
Thanks to @opencampus.org for help researching, editing and otherwise supporting "Gagging Academia" and all of Public Source's higher ed coverage.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today's groundbreaking story by Maddy Franklin continues the @publicsource.org series "Gagging Academia," chronicling for Pittsburgh this year's historic debate on the role of higher ed www.publicsource.org/category/ser...
Gagging Academia Archives
The right to teach, debate and protest faces a high-stakes challenge in Pittsburgh’s universities and beyond.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m grateful for the opportunity to do this journalistic storytelling at @publicsource.org, and to readers for supporting the work. All donations are matched, so please consider including our newsroom in your Giving Tuesday publicsource.fundjournalism.org?campaign=701....
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December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’m grateful for the opportunity to do this journalistic storytelling at @publicsourcepa, and to readers for supporting the work. All donations are matched, so please consider including our newsroom in your Giving Tuesday publicsource.fundjournalism.org?campaign=701....
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PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. We inspire critical thinking and bold ideas through journalism rooted in facts, diverse voices and the pursuit of transpare...
publicsource.fundjournalism.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thanks to illustrator @andreashockling.bsky.social for making Job One glow with her art and heart.
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The COVID era has been record-breaking in one respect: Employment for people with disabilities. “It was across the board regardless of age, race, gender,” said Andrew Houtenville, of @uofnh.bsky.social. “All basically pushed past their historic highs.” www.publicsource.org/balancing-di...
Work or get benefits? People with disabilities don’t have to choose.
A McCandless man builds a life around inflatables while navigating disability benefits, work opportunities and employment rules.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
John anchors the fifth story in the Job One series, a journey through disability and career. We started with diagnosis and now we’re in the thick of employment and entrepreneurialism. Read it all: www.publicsource.org/job-one/
Job One
How young people with special needs enter the workforce.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Their perspectives epitomize the divide on campus as different perspectives on academic freedom embroil academia. @publicsource has been exploring the tension in "Gagging Academia" www.publicsource.org/category/ser...
Gagging Academia Archives
The right to teach, debate and protest faces a high-stakes challenge in Pittsburgh’s universities and beyond.
www.publicsource.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“Protest really is part of campus life, part of the education journey, I think, of young people in this country and elsewhere,” said another Pitt prof www.publicsource.org/pitt-divestm...
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM