Keystone Crossroads
Keystone Crossroads: What connects Philadelphia with Pittsburgh? Altoona with Allegheny National Forest? Harrisburg with Happy Valley? Amish Country with Coal Country?
Quite a lot, actually.
While most media in the state focus locally, Keystone Crossroads explores the stories that matter across the commonwealth, reported with all Pennsylvanians in mind. Four public media newsrooms are collaborating on this project to create in-depth and insightful journalism on key topics that reverberate from the Statehouse to the streets and back again: government accountability, public education, changing communities, and criminal justice.
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Around Luzerne County, a former hotbed of coal mining, most signs don’t say “Barletta for U.S. Senate.”They say “Lou for Senate” or “Lou Digs Coal.”And on…
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More than 60 years after the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, an analysis of state data shows persistently stark disparities between the racial…
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A school district near Allentown recently, and rather quietly, became Pennsylvania’s first to pass a policy permitting teachers to carry guns in…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider another appeal by Republican state lawmakers over this year's changes to Pennsylvania's congressional…
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With under a month until the general election, Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and his Republican challenger Scott Wagner appear to be locked in an uneven…
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When Craig Murphy walks into the headquarters of the Red Lion School District just southeast of the city of York, the receptionist greets him with a…
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It was an early autumn afternoon in 1975 — a moment that Steve Austin wishes he could take back.Recalling that day recently, Austin took a deep breath, as…
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Michael Fiore, 56, remembered, growing up, he never had to worry about drugs in his neighborhood or the violence that they sometimes inflict. He said,…
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Decades After Landmark Lawsuit, Caseload Concerns Continue In Allegheny County’s Public Defender OffOn a humid summer day, Shawnray Byrd works a new job renovating a home just outside Pittsburgh. During a break, he says he’s grateful to be employed and…
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If you hunt hard enough around Harrisburg, it is possible to find lawmakers who are on board with allocating state money for the public defense of the…