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With a newborn, 5-year old and new diploma, I am juggling it all amid the pandemic.

Because is there even a choice? First-person essay by Ra'naa Billingsley It’s Feb. 28, the Friday before my due date and the last day with the...

PA releases COVID-19 data for nursing homes as death toll in the state goes up to 4,624

PublicSource reporters On the first Tuesday of Allegheny County's yellow phase of pandemic recovery, the health department reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 – for...

Dickinson, Doyle to square off in NAACP virtual debate, May 21 at 6 p.m.

May 21 event to feature Democratic candidates for 18th Congressional District; Primary is June 2 by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer The Pittsburgh NAACP is taking...

The downside of yellow: Unlimited, free Downtown Pittsburgh parking coming to an end

by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County reported no new COVID-19 deaths Monday, with a current total of 143. Following its first weekend in the yellow phase...

NAACP launches campaign to take action against senseless killings of African Americans

The NAACP, the nation’s foremost social justice organization, has launched a campaign entitled #WeAreDoneDying, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare...

‘Magic’ Johnson’s EquiTrust funds Over $100 million in PPP loans for minority and women-owned businesses

  Earvin “Magic” Johnson, majority owner of EquiTrust, the nation’s largest minority-owned insurance company, announced a $100 million partnership with MBE Capital Partners (MBECP), the...

Mental Health Month — Breaking The Self-isolation Blues

By Susan Kozak Months ago, the idea of staying at home with few obligations or commitments may have seemed appealing. But now that it’s become...

Pennsylvania launches program to provide additional unemployment benefits

Allegheny County, which moved to the yellow phase of reopening Friday, announced eight new COVID-19 cases Sunday but no new deaths. by PublicSource reporters The Pennsylvania...

Black moms like me will not be patient with Pittsburgh Public Schools. We need to demand more.

First-person essay by Amber Thompson If COVID-19 was a nuclear blast for Pittsburgh Public Schools, it's hard to find a metaphor to explain what COVID-19 is...

County moves to yellow phase, 12 more counties to yellow next Friday

On its first day of partial re-opening, the City of Pittsburgh announced which summer activities can go forward and which can't — like July...

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