Allegheny Independent Media

by Paul Ricci On October 22 I conducted an interview with Congressional Candidate Beth Farnham, Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican John Joyce. They are vying for the 13th Congressional district seat, which runs from Adams County (Gettysburg area) in the east to Somerset and Cambria Counties in the west. Farnham ran against Joyce in 2024 […]

Last Saturday the latest No Kings rally was held in Johnstown. Nick Brisini wrote this article on the spirited no Kings rally there. On October 17, No Kings Rallies were held in cities and towns throughout the country and Johnstown was no exception. The No Kings movement was started in 2025 by indivisible and the […]

Above is a graph showing the correlation between the % of poor mental health and the % with asthma in zip codes for the states of NY, PA, MD, WV, and VA. The data is from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Unmet Need Score map tool. The panel on the right shows zip […]

Why can’t our congressmen connect the dots? This post is reprinted from John Frederick’s Substack Allegheny Matters. The recent storms with 80 mph winds on Labor Day in the Johnstown area also underscore climate change’s impacts. An average five-year-old can draw a connect-the-dots picture, transforming a scattered bunch of numbers into a coherent image. And […]

by Paul Ricci The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) made a shipment of sutures to Cuba. The Trump Administration has ramped up sanctions to the island making life miserable there. The video above shows the Pittsburgh DSA chapter’s contribution to this shipment. Speakers in the video are Scott Tyson, Lisa Valenti and Tyler Blau. Below […]

On Wednesday, September 23, Sally Simpson of Unite Armstrong held a AI data center meeting in Kittanning, PA. It was at the United Steelworkers Local 159. Video of it is above. Panelists were: According to the website Cleanview, there are currently 15 operating data centers and 135 planned data centers in Pennsylvania. The map above […]