ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA – Jim Wertz was a longtime TV news cameraman and proud CWA member who, a few years ago, never imagined running for office. Then, in 2022, longtime Erie Republican State Senator Laughlin sued Wertz and the local alternative monthly, The Erie Reader, for $1 million in defamation, a legal

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where it’s a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day and I am in a lot of respiratory pain. Big thanks to everyone who donated to help pay our $435-a-month healthcare premium. Kamala & Biden Coming to Pittsburgh on Labor Day On Monday, President Joe

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I am struggling with some respiratory issues as Pittsburgh faces yet another Air Quality Action Day, when people with sensitive conditions like me are advised not to go outside. $435-a-Month Health Insurance Premium As we reach the part of the summer, where we start

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are closely tracking how the labor movement is forcing a shutdown allowing a Palestinian at the DNC. UAW Calls for Allowing Palestinians to Speak at DNC Tonite Late last night, the DNC announced that they would not allow a Palestinian to speak at