Salena Zito
Articles by Salena Zito
SocietyCommentary
The Awakening Few See Coming
Salena Zito|September 28, 2025
PITTSBURGH—If you were looking for young people distraught over Sept. 10’s brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk here, you were looking in the wrong place. They… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Nine Line’s Bold Move: Crowdfunding Over Corporate Investors
Salena Zito|September 21, 2025
SAVANNAH, Georgia—Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging, and purpose. It’s what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democrats Have Lost Touch With FDR, LBJ, and Truman, Emanuel Says
Salena Zito|September 10, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Amazon Expands Jobs and Services in Rural America
Salena Zito|September 07, 2025
ERIE, Pennsylvania—Few outside of those who live there understand what the county of Erie’s future holds for its economic future. Is it rural? A port?… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Clairton’s Heartbreak: Community Grapples with Deadly Plant Explosion
Salena Zito|August 31, 2025
CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania—Richard Lattanzi started his morning on Aug. 11 getting ready to take his father to his doctor’s appointment at Jefferson Hospital on Coal Valley… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Christopher Yates Pens Must-Read Thriller Novel of the Summer
Salena Zito|August 24, 2025
“The Rabbit Club,” the newest novel from Christopher Yates, America’s finest writer of thrillers, weaves a tale nearly impossible to put down. It includes Oxford… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Unsung Heroine of Pennsylvania’s Conservative Movement
Salena Zito|August 10, 2025
HARRISON CITY, Penn.—Eileen Cunningham is a mother of four and grandmother of three, with another on the way. The wife of “Goose” Cunningham—when you are… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Trump Bullish on the Golden Age of America at Pittsburgh Summit
Salena Zito|July 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH—President Donald Trump last week fulfilled his pledge to protect America’s national security and grow prosperity in the middle of the country when he announced… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Very Consequential 2 Weeks for Trump’s Presidency
Salena Zito|July 04, 2025
When the active-duty Air Force and Missouri Air National Guard bomber crews who attacked the Fordow uranium enrichment plant in Iran went to work on… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Six Months In, McCormick Is in the Trenches on Big Issues in Pennsylvania
Salena Zito|June 25, 2025
LATROBE, Pennsylvania—Weeks before the election last year, Jason Zugai, the vice president of United Steelworkers Local 2227, pulled then-U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick aside at… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Up Close and Personal With David Mamet
Salena Zito|June 22, 2025
Before he was David Mamet the acclaimed author, filmmaker, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he worked a variety of low-paying jobs well into his 20s: from… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why ‘Original Sin’ Is a Must-Read
Salena Zito|June 15, 2025
In reading “Original Sin,” the blockbuster book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, I vividly remembered covering then-candidate Joe Biden when he came to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Returns Pennsylvania Steel to the Backbone of America
Salena Zito|June 04, 2025
WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania—Flanked by a sea of steelworkers dressed in their orange safety jackets and hard hats, President Donald Trump was given a hero’s welcome… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Makes the Deal of a Lifetime for US Steel
Salena Zito|May 29, 2025
WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania—Local steelworkers, community leaders, and economic experts said President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that a deal was struck between U.S. Steel and Nippon… Read More
PoliticsFeature
Chris LaCivita’s Homecoming
Salena Zito|May 25, 2025
McKEESPORT, Pennsylvania—Take the left off of Nessley Avenue after climbing the switchback up from this city’s once-thriving downtown business district. For the next three blocks,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
‘People You Should Know’ Is a Love Letter to Bottom-Up Solutions
Salena Zito|May 18, 2025
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia—Steve Hotz started Black Horse Forge, a nonprofit organization that provides support for veterans, active-duty military personnel, and first responders through the ancient art… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pete Hegseth’s Hard Choices: Today’s Decisions and Tomorrow’s Military
Salena Zito|May 07, 2025
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania—Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Dana Perino’s Book on Mentoring Is a Must-Read for Everyone
Salena Zito|May 04, 2025
Dana Perino has a superpower. It is a special gift that has nothing to do with her position as a Fox News anchor or her… Read More
SocietyNews
‘I Can’t Have a Boss’: Fiercely Independent Megyn Kelly Expands ‘Podcast Space’
Salena Zito|April 27, 2025
Megyn Kelly is a tour de force in American journalism. Her daily podcast boasts several million subscribers. She’s recently launched a morning briefing news segment… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
JD Vance Fulfills Promise to Celebrate His Mother’s 10-Year Sobriety at White House
Salena Zito|April 16, 2025
WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance stood at the head of the table in the Roosevelt Room during one of the most significant moments of his life,… Read More
EnergyNews
Reversal of Fortune in Homer City: New Manufacturing Project a ‘Game-Changer’
Salena Zito|April 13, 2025
HOMER CITY, Pa.—Eleven days after the massive smokestacks and cooling towers of Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant came down in a dramatic fashion in this… Read More
EnergyFeature
The End of an Era in Homer City
Salena Zito|April 06, 2025
HOMER CITY, Pa.—On March 22 at 7 a.m., Shawn Steffee stood on a hill overlooking the Homer City Generating Station with his family and the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Small Businesses Have Been Battered, But Confidence Is Rising
Salena Zito|March 19, 2025
SAXONBURG, Pa.–Small businesses have been the backbone of the United States since its founding. The Hotel Saxonburg, which has also been known as the Vogeley… Read More
The Headlines Have Caught Up to Mike Rowe. Now What?
Salena Zito|March 12, 2025
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Alex Bambino, 21, is the son of two educators. He’s busy working, welding a piece of material that will be used on a heavily… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Pennsylvania Supreme Court and GOP Cannot Be Complacent
Salena Zito|March 05, 2025
HARRISBURG, Pa.—Central Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman, the newly elected state Republican Party chairman, will face his first big challenge this year with the control… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Where Was ‘60 Minutes’ When Rust Belt Jobs Were Cut?
Salena Zito|February 26, 2025
CAMPBELL, Ohio— Sept. 19 marked 47 years since thousands of workers, who were mainly men, did what they did every Monday in the valley. They… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Ancora Wants to Make US Steel Great Again
Salena Zito|February 06, 2025
PITTSBURGH—The investment firm Ancora is pushing U.S. Steel shareholders to drop the Nippon Steel merger and oust CEO David Burritt, a move that would align… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Trump’s Visit to North Carolina Means More Than Many Understand
Salena Zito|January 28, 2025
In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s visit to Appalachian North Carolina, Monica Glowinski said her biggest prayer for the people of Buncombe… Read More
EconomyCommentary
US Steel Sale and Future in Limbo After Biden Block
Salena Zito|January 07, 2025
BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania—The fate of the Edgar Thomson Works, a massive steel plant that has hugged the same spot along the Monongahela River since 1875, became… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How McCormick Won Pennsylvania’s Senate Race
Salena Zito|January 02, 2025
It is just after 9 p.m. on election night in an oversized suite on the 24th floor of downtown Pittsburgh’s Fairmont Hotel. All the couches… Read More
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