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Property is Power! Why the dream Booker T. Washington preached in 1905 still matters today

by Dr. Anthony O. Kellum The national conversation about Black economic progress has long been defined by access. We measure advancement through educational attainment, professional...

State awards $1 million grant for New Granada Theater Phase II renovation

MARIMBA MILLIONES, President and CEO of the Hill Community Development Corporation, at an event announcing the state's $1 million grant for Phase II of...

Letter to the Editor: Admiring African Americans for all they have done

Dear Editor: In celebrating America’s 250th birthday this past weekend, I look back in amazement at how patriotic African Americans have been throughout our history....

What Allegheny County’s new court‑ordered mental health treatment program can and can’t do

by Erica Maloney, Chatham University Pittsburgh-area courts have a new tool for people in mental health crisis: the power to order treatment instead of incarceration...

Obama Presidential Center to anchor Chicago’s WNBA All-Star celebration

By Sharon Fountain, Chicago Crusader   Chicago is preparing to take center stage in women’s basketball as the city welcomes AT&T WNBA All-Star 2026, a weeklong celebration...

Liberty Avenue shows how Bloomfield changed — and where it could go next

How shifting demographics, stalled development and new businesses are reshaping Bloomfield’s main corridor. “Pittsburgh's Public Source is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign...

Can AI streamline government in Pittsburgh’s smaller suburbs?

While Pittsburgh and Allegheny County experiment with AI tools, many of the townships and boroughs in which most area residents live don’t yet have...

What the lotus flower reveals about veteran PTSD in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

by Ben Cartlidge, University of Liverpool Warning: this article contains spoilers for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. In Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Odysseus (played by Matt Damon)...

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