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Robert Hill: America’s war on Black Americans

by Robert Hill Even before an American British colony evolved into the United States of America, its war on Black people had begun. In fact,...

New data shows vaccinations uneven at Allegheny County’s public and parochial schools

A long slide in overall school vaccination rates reversed last year, but erosion continued in the youngest grades and some schools are well below...

Two years after Gaza encampment, expelled Pitt student awaits his day in court

Muhammad Ali is among the last two participants in the 2024 encampments on Pitt’s campus facing unresolved criminal charges. Judges rejected his arguments of...

AmeriCorps a year after the cuts: Organizations disrupted by cuts may yet emerge stronger

DOGE sought to starve the agency which funded volunteers on whom many community organizations relied. Pittsburgh-area groups improvised and diversified. “Pittsburgh's Public Source is an...

CMU to give Pittsburgh $3 million over five years

The university is the latest tax-exempt nonprofit to announce a contribution to the city. “Pittsburgh's Public Source is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh...

Calming the ripples of Pittsburgh’s segregated swimming history

Decades of violence and discrimination chased Black Americans out of swimming pools, reducing their comfort in the water even today. Local and national groups...

Golf course in Schenley Park aims for the green financially as neighborhood seeks input

A program in Squirrel Hill that helps school students and others toward empowerment through golf has a $10 million plan to improve its course,...

U.S. Steel pledges up to $2.5 billion in upgrades to Mon Valley Works

A year after the Pittsburgh-based company’s purchase by Japan’s Nippon Steel, the metals icon says it will secure the region’s place in the industry. “Pittsburgh's...

‘Change is hard,’ Dr. Walters says, as PPS board votes to close 9 buildings, 12 schools

JAZLYNN WORTHY, a mother of kids in Pittsburgh Public Schools, is 100 percent against closing schools. However, the PPS Board of Directors voted in...

Three Rivers Youth still serves the needs of the most vulnerable populations

HONOREES DORIS CARSON WILLIAMS, SALEEM GHUBRIL, JANIS BURLEY. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) by Renee P. Aldrich For New Pittsburgh Courier On Friday, May 8, the organization Three...

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