Thousands of foreign protesters from all walks of life went on a historic strike known as the "McKees Rocks Strike of 1909," in order to improve working conditions for labor…
Anti-Semitism plagues Jewish existance throughout history
By Jamie Wiggan on July 22, 2020
In 2001, approximately 100 tombstones in the Beth Hamedrash Hagodal/Beth Jacob Jewish Cemetery in McKees Rocks were toppled. The FBI treated the incident at the site founded in 1869 as…
On this Day… July 9, 1868: 14th Amendment ratified Systemic oppression continues long after outlaw
By Jamie Wiggan on July 8, 2020
This 1933 map produced by Home Owners’ Loan Corporation shows redlining of McKees Rocks and Stowe neighborhoods. The yellow sections indicate “definitely declining” housing stocks while red designates “hazardous” living…



