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storyThe Outlaw Who Became A Newspaper CharacterRocco “Roxie Long” DiPippa lived twice: once in police and court records, and again in newspapers that turned him into a recurring character. Accounts describe a career that included theft.HistoryProhibitioncrime reporting
storyThe Strike That Asked Who Really Owned SteelHow twelve hour shifts, seven day schedules, immigrant labor, union organizing, corporate resistance, police power, racial division and America's Red Scare turned Pittsburgh's steel country into the center of a battle over who had the right to speak inside the mills.HistoryGreat Steel Strike1919
storyThe Badge, The Envelope, And The Blind CornerIllegal gambling cannot operate openly for long unless enforcement fails, is avoided, or is purchased. Pittsburgh’s record contains examples of all three, and the differences matter.Historypolicegambling