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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 Newspaper That Asked America Which Democracy It Was Fighting ForHow one young Black defense worker wrote to the Pittsburgh Courier and helped turn World War II into two battles at onceHistoryPittsburgh CourierDouble V
storyThe Showman In The Council ChamberPittsburgh politics has always rewarded performance. A council member who could command a room and produce a headline often mattered as much as the ordinance on the desk.Historycity councilpolitics