Marriage Equality by Justin Merriman

U.S. Senator Robert Casey, right, meets with Nino Esposito, left, and Roland Bosee Jr., second from left, with members of the media at his office, Downtown on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.  Esposito and Bosee, a couple who have been together for 45 years, have been prevented from obtaining a marriage license.  The two entered into an adoption to secure basic rights, but now with marriage equality across the country, the couple is hoping for the courts to annul their adoption so they can get married. Sen. Casey sent a letter to Attorney General Lynch asking the Department of Justice to issue legal guidance that would encourage state courts to allow these adoptions to be annulled so they can obtain a marriage license. In Pennsylvania, such a move could be considered incest and is punishable by ten years in prison.

Million Student March by Justin Merriman

A protester is taken into custody along Fifth Avenue in Oakland during the Million Student March, a nationwide protest that took to the streets Thursday evening to demand tuition-free public universities, the cancelation of all student debt, and a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers.
A protester argues with a police officer along Fifth Avenue in Oakland during the Million Student March.

Veterans Day Parade by Justin Merriman

An American Flag reflects in the windshield of a vehicle driven by Bill Mankey of the West View VFW Post 2754 during the Veteran's Day Parade, Downtown on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015.
 Al Kose of Schuylkill Haven peers out of a hatch on a WWII Stuart Tank.
 Jack Stevenson, 7, of Baldwin watches the parade dressed in a Marine costume. 
 Michael Doerfler, 11, a 6th grader at West View Elementary stands with classmates.
 U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit of Pittsburgh's CDR Leon McClain, Jr., salutes as Taps is played.
Jack Skalos, 90, of West View, a veteran of the Navy who served during WWII rides in a vehicle.

Laser Surgery by Justin Merriman

Linda Fahey, 65, of Cannonsburg had a procedure at Allegheny General Hospital that utilized the Visualase system, a minimally-invasive laser surgical technique to remove a brain tumor in October.

Fall Float by Justin Merriman

The unseasonably warm weather made for a popular day on the water at North Park Lake as a man floats on his kayak on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4, 2015.

Vigil by Justin Merriman

Bike Pittsburgh Executive Director Scott Bricker, (second from right) joins others at a vigil at the intersection near where Carol Christine Williamson and Henry "Hank" Walker were killed Monday in crash involving a Port Authority Bus and an SUV on the border of Oakland and the Hill District.  Bike Pittsburgh held the rally at Aliquippa Street and Centre Avenue on Thursday evening, October 29, 2015.