Matt Stroud
Matt Stroud writes about crime, healthcare and city issues from Pittsburgh.
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Rankings
How Places Like Columbus, Indiana, Outrank Silicon Valley
These smaller cities shine when it comes to attracting and keeping jobs.
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The Big Fix
Is Free Rent Enough to Jumpstart a Sleepy Commercial District?
Birmingham finds success with an innovative program to rejuvenate a neighborhood.
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Want to Get More Families Into a City? Pay Their Kids' College Tuition
Promise programs are springing up in Rust Belt cities. But some are working better than others. Here's why.
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The Big Fix
'We Buy Houses': Decline and Opportunity in Pittsburgh's East Suburbs
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania's foreclosure woes have left it in deep trouble. At least two entrepreneurs are cashing in.
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Photos
The Nazi Olympics, Revisited
A new exhibit at Pittsburgh’s Holocaust Center explores the most infamous of Games.
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The High Cost of a Homelessness Surge
With shelter space scarce, this winter has seen U.S. cities shelling out big bucks to house families in motels.
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Fighting Crime With Former Criminals
Baltimore's program to mediate disagreements between gang members successfully prevents homicides
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Why More Homeless Shelters Should Allow Alcohol
Wet shelters may be connected to more deaths than we'd like, but they offer a last-resort home to the chronically homeless
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Why I Love My City
Why I Love (and Sometimes Hate) My City: Sala Udin on Pittsburgh
The former city councilman has worked for decades to revitalize one of Pittsburgh's most dangerous and deteriorated neighborhoods.
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Do Nonprofit Hospitals Make Too Much Money?
Some of the most profitable hospitals in the nation are nonprofits, but they still receive tons of tax breaks
