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What it’s like to work in child care, raise your kids and just get by in the Mon Valley

A mother moves from McKeesport to Glassport to try to better her family’s chances

Post-Gazette journalists Shelly Bradbury, Peter Smith and Stephanie Strasburg discuss the series “Coverings.”

Never alone: Mennonite and Amish sexual abuse victims find each other and find their voices

Coverings: Joanna’s Journey

A woman raised in a Mennonite church travels South to confront her past and report abuse.

Officials say communication, cooperation has increased between Plain communities and police, social services

Forced forgiveness: Plain community sexual abuse victims sometimes pressured to take offenders back

After years of abuse, a Mennonite couple reconnects with each other and their family

Coverings: Mennonite, Amish face growing recognition of widespread sexual abuse in their communities

The human toll

Risk and exposure in the gas lands

Saltlick: “They don’t know they’re poor.”

In a Fayette County town where some 2/3 of kids are in poverty, the informal safety net provides soup and lasagna — but may not deliver a future.