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The Carr Report…Extended warranties: Why you should almost always say ‘no’

Walk into just about any electronics store, appliance center, furniture showroom, or car dealership and chances are you’ll hear the same question before you...

Fawn Walker-Montgomery: Karmelo Anthony—It’s always been about race

For the Black community, what happened to Karmelo Anthony has caused a paradigm shift in our collective consciousness. Conversations around jury duty, who we...

J. Pharoah Doss: Black mother’s greatest fear—the conviction rate or the clearance rate crisis?

  by J. Pharoah Doss In 2025, Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old Black high school student, stabbed and killed Austin Metcalf, a White 17-year-old high school student,...

The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh announces new members to its Board of Directors

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh announced the appointment of several new members to its Board of...

Duquesne City School District prepares to merge with a neighbor

The district, struggling financially and trailing academically, will be consolidated. State officials will render a decision by June 30. “Pittsburgh's Public Source is an independent...

Instant Inspiration with Rev. A. Marie Walker

“You (God) make known to me the path of LIFE; in YOUR presence there is fullness of JOY; at YOUR right hand are PLEASURES...

Robert Hill: July 4th and the slave

HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET by Robert Hill “What, to an American slave, is your 4th of July?” Abolitionist Frederick Douglass eloquently posed that contradiction in a speech...

Courier wins 2026 PBMF Award in Public Affairs/Government category; Aubrey Bruce, “Brotha Ash” Woodson also honored

LONGTIME COURIER SPORTS COLUMNIST AUBREY BRUCE RECEIVED THE LEGACY IN JOURNALISM AWARD. LONGTIME COURIER FREELANCE WRITER ASHLEY WOODSON RECEIVED THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD. HE’S PICTURED WITH...

Cynthia A. Baldwin: The United States of America…An aspiration

The Declaration of Independence drafted in 1776 by those we call our “founding fathers,” including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and...

Inside Conditions: Tiger Woods’ private life was more scrutinized than his White counterparts

Hear ye, hear ye. The court of public opinion is now in session. The dishonorable Judge Igor Insanity, presiding. There is currently a class...

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