April 05, 2022
The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations will drop its investigation into allegations of racial bias over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's reassignment of reporters covering Black Lives Matter protests, and the newspaper will drop a lawsuit claiming the First Amendment bars such an investigation, the parties told a Pennsylvania federal court.
August 17, 2021
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can't dodge a Black ex-reporter's claims it discriminated against her when it punished her for a tweet sarcastically comparing damage from last year's Black Lives Matter protests to a trash-strewn country music concert, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
February 11, 2021
Counsel for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette told a federal court on Thursday that the First Amendment protects the newspaper's editorial decisions and should shield it from an ex-reporter's discrimination claims and an investigation by the city's civil rights commission.