Mike Elk

PITTSBURGH, PA - In our latest mini-docu, an undocumented Brazilian immigrant who arrived in Pittsburgh less than a year ago recounts her 9-day journey across Mexico and the Rio Grande.She is part of a growing population of undocumented Brazilian immigrants in Pittsburgh. In 2000, there were 200-300 Brazilians in

PITTSBURGH, PA - Earlier today, the Harris-Walz Campaign announced they had knocked on 805,000 doors in Pennsylvania on Saturday alone. This number does not include doors knocked by unions and other independent groups working to elect the Harris-Walz ticket.

In the latest Payday Report podcast, retired New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse talks about how Clinton pushing NAFTA bred distrust of the Democratic Party in the Rust Belt.(See his most recent article in the Guardian, "'Zombie-like': the US trade agreement that still haunts Democrats")Greenhouse and Elk

PITTSBURGH, PA - Only 2,000 of 16,000 eligible Latinos voted in the last primary election in Pittsburgh. Its part of a problem nationwide of low-turnout among Latino voters.

Yesterday, Vice Kamala Harris gave closing remarks at a rally in the old Carrie Furnace, an abandoned steel mill that has been converted into a museum and art space.

PITTSBURGH,PA - Last week, Trump supporters launched viral attacks against a group of Bhutanese refugees voting in Pittsburgh. They claimed that “illegals” were being shipped into vote en masse at early voting locations in the Pittsburgh suburb of South Park.I went to an early vote party hosted by

RANKIN, PA - For her closing rally in Western PA, Vice President Kamala Harris chose the Carrie Furnaces National Historic Landmark. The furnaces were part of the Homestead Steel Works and closed in 1988.

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Greetings from the Burgh, where like many folks, I have been trying to understand what happened. While other parts of the state underperformed, Pittsburgh fought hard.

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are still analyzing statistics and trying to get videos up. Key Westmoreland County Improved Democratic Performance