3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1062+ words) ​Greetings from the Burgh, where Melk is getting ready to ship out to Rio de Janeiro next Wednesday to cover the presidential election as things are heating up in Brasil. ​We got a special newsletter out on it, but first,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (479+ words) Last week, Payday Report was hosted with the immigrants' rights group Frontline Dignity and the Pittsburgh Documentary Salon at the art space Navushouse. Over 40 people attended, and we raised over $500 for immigrants' rights causes. We also had conversations about how…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (710+ words) The following op-ed by Brazilian President Lula first ran in the Washington Post. Donate to help us cover the Brazilian presidential election this fall. A year ago, I was taken aback by the publication, on a digital platform, of a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (389+ words) CLAIRTON, PA. - A few miles up the road from the US Steel Works on Old Clairton Road sits an old Mormon church nestled among a large yard and trees. The Mormon church looks like many churches in the Mon Valley,…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (777+ words) Greetings from the Burgh, where we are trying to bring back the Payday Report newsletter to three times a week. Bring Payday Newsletter Back to Three Times a Week In recent months, we haven’t been publishing the newsletter as much…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (27+ words) Payday Report Tickets for the Brazilian Cinema Showcase can be purchased on the Harris Theater's website....

5+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (1710+ words) SÃO PAULO, BRASIL - Last week, the Brazilian government put BYD, the super hip Chinese electric car maker, on “the list of shame” for employing workers in “slave-like conditions” at their new electric car plant in Camaçari, Brasil. The news sparked…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1095+ words) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL - Over my past twenty years, traveling back and forth between Brasil and the United States, I’ve noticed a fascinating trend: the majority of the other Americans on the plane are African Americans. “Overall, we are seeing…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (502+ words) PITTSBURGH, PA - Greetings from the Burgh, where I just got back into town late last night after traveling more than 24 hours back from Brasil. I am gonna take the weekend off to catch up on some household stuff and get…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1158+ words) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL - Oscar fever is rampant today in Brasil as everyone is talking about whether Kleber Mendonça Filho’s political thriller The Secret Agent will win an Oscar. A victory by Brasil would mark the second Oscar win in…...