2024 Highlights Forthcoming


Jupiter's Moons,
Western Pennsylvania History, Fall 2024
Press Club of Western Pennsylvania 2025 Golden Quill Finalist

Interviewed in: (audio)The battle for US Steel ,
by Monica Miller BBC Radio, October 28, 2024

Interviewed in: (Video)La possible compra de US Steele ,
TV3 (Spain), September 21, 2024

Quoted in: Nippon Steel Finds Unlikely Ally in Pittsburgh Workers , by Kris Maher, Bob Tita and Aaron Zitner,
Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2024

Quoted in: Fracking in Pa. takes center stage in presidential contest. What about the rest of the economy? by Chris Potter,
WESA-FM, September 13, 2024

Commentary: Pennsylvania's Duty to Tax Fairly,
Real Clear Pennsylvania, August 13, 2024

July 25, 2024: Panel discussant after showing of the film: Push. Sponsored by Pittsburgh United’s Housing Justice Table, Thomas Merton Center, and Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance on Thursday, July 25 from 5:30 - 8:30 pm at the Kingsley Association in East Liberty

Quoted in: Area That Hosted Trump Rally Could Prove Pivotal in 2024 , by Kris Maher, Jeanne Whalen and Aaron Zitner,
Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2024

Quoted in: Sale of US Steel kicks up a political storm, but Pittsburgh isn’t Steeltown USA anymore , by Marc Levy and Patrick Orsagos,
Associated Press, July 11, 2024

Quoted in: Nippon Steel Fight Points To Industry's Uncertain Future In Pennsylvania by John Biers,
AFP (France), June 29, 2024

Report: Profiles of Change in the City of Pittsburgh,
University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, June 2024

Report: Profiles of Change in Allegheny County,
University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, June 2024

Quoted in: Les enjeu d l'election Americaine: reindustrialiser par l'innovation, l'affaire de l'Etat? , by Mazence Dozin,
Le Vif (Belgium), June 8, 2024

Report: Corporate Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties in Allegheny County: Recent Impacts with Sabina Deitrick,
University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, May 2024

Interviewed on Nippon TV (Japan): Video , May 11, 2024

Quoted in: Pennsylvania governor wants big bond bet on site development by Christina Baker,
The Bond Buyer, May 6, 2024

Interview on City Cast Pittsburgh: Why the White House Cares About US Steel, with Megan Harris,>WESA, March 25, 2024

Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation, Kent State University Press (forthcoming)

Selected Recent

Quoted in: Trump promised to bring jobs to the Rust Belt. The Sun Belt may get them instead by Simon Montlake and Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, June 3, 2025

(Replay March 24, 2025) Interview on City Cast Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh’s Barely Growing. Could That Be a Good Thing?, with Megan Harris, Original October 16, 2024

Quoted in: City jobs are growing at fast pace by Ryan Deto,
Axios Pittsburgh, March 20, 2025

Pittsburgh Perspectives (Blog): Updated 2024 Census Population Estimates for the Pittsburgh MSA
PublicSource, March 18, 2025

Commentary: In Defense of the City of Pittsburgh
RealClearPennsylvania, March 18, 2025

Quoted in: Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh by Julia Fraser,
WESA, March 10, 2025

Interviewed in: How could federal government funding cuts impact Pittsburgh's eds and meds economy? by Andy Sheehan,
KDKA, March 18, 2025

Quoted in: Pittsburgh economists predict another year of growth, tight labor market in 2025 by Julia Fraser,
WESA, January 24, 2025

Commentary: U.S. Steel no-sale another chapter in ‘a past that is long since gone’
PublicSource, January 3, 2025















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