PITTSBURGH, PA. “You wanna dance?,” Rita Garmany asked me as the dance party in SEIU Healthcare PA’s parking lot raged following the announcement of Ed Gainey’s victory Tuesday.  Garmany, a 62-year-old Black activist, was one of the hundreds of activists who streamed through the SEIU parking

PITTSBURGH,PA – Tonight, Black PA State Representative Ed Gainey defeated two-term Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto to become the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh.  Despite being out-fundraised nearly 4-to-1, which Peduto pumped into negative attack ads, Gainey, 51, was able to defeat Peduto, who coceded the election.

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where I just got back from voting at my polling place in the historic African American neighborhood of the Hill District. The polling place was packed with many residents of the Hill District hoping a new day was on the horizon for racial justice as

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where we’re preparing to report on our mayoral election tomorrow. Many political observers here feel that State Representative Ed Gainey is poised to defeat incumbent Mayor Bill Peduto and be elected as Pittsburgh’s first black mayor.  The race is likely to attract national