Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is about living as a child of God in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not the spiritual darkness of the devil in the world: “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and h...

CIVIC LEADER D.N. BENFORD PASSES AT 94

By Myrian Orea The Rev. D.N. Benford Sr., the longest-serving pastor of a single church and among the city’s most influential leaders, died Monday in a local hospital. He was 94. Benford pastored the 109-year-old Rising Star Mission Baptist Church, 3...

WHY CAN’T JOHNNY READ?

Johnny cannot read because his socio-economic family environment is dysfunctional. Additionally, Johnny can’t read because his school and neighborhood environments are socioeconomically dysfunctional. More importantly, we all know that Johnny’s schoo...

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING

By Raven Lolia Human trafficking is a global problem that remains unresolved. Why is that? Many individuals believe that trafficking and modern-day slavery are topics you might only hear about in an episode of a television drama. Little do we realize...

DOJ ANNOUNCES $139M SETTLEMENT

By: Alexander Mallin, Pierre Thomas and Jack Date The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced it has reached a $138.7 million settlement deal with victims of the disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar to resolve their claims of wrongd...

The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston to headline New Horizon’s annual fundraising concert

by Genea L. Webb, For New Pittsburgh Courier For 32 years, New Horizon Theater Inc., has been showcasing what many call top-notch nationwide Black talent for Pittsburgh’s African American theater community. “We just keep moving along. We make it wo...

County police oversight board ready to start, but has yet to probe a case

Four Independent Police Review Board members — (from left) Richard Garland, Regina Ragin-Dykes, Justin Leavitt Pearl and Stacey Hawthorne — meet in the Allegheny County Courthouse on Apr. 17, 2024. (Photo by Miranda Jeyaretnam/PublicSource) Three yea...

PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

DJ REESE (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) ARTIE PATERSON AND ALPHONSO SLOAN, CLASSES OF ‘89 AND ‘90 MICHELLE THOMAS WENT TO SCHENLEY IN ‘88 AND SHELLEY SMITH WENT TO PEABODY ‘88 JOANNA JONES ‘99, CLIFTON WATSON ‘09 MOE JETTER ‘95, MIKE TALLEY ‘95, MIL...

Open letter from advocates for unhoused people calls on Downtown shelter to stop kicking people out for ‘minor infractions’

Activist and community organizer Sam Schmidt and Howard Ramsey, currently living on the streets, both of the Our Streets Collective, leave Second Avenue Commons after delivering a letter to staff and Mercy leadership, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Uptow...

A 9-year-old Zelienople boy’s health crisis sheds light on the need for diversity in organ donors

Jax Ramirez, 9, shows his glucose levels tracked on a phone app, Monday, March 18, in his yard in Zelienople. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) Jax Ramirez’s battle with a rare autoimmune disease highlights the challenges of finding organ d...

Jan. 6 and Black Lives Matter cases reveal Supreme Court hypocrisy and racial hostility

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – “…it’s notable that the Court felt no urgency to [correct the Fifth Circuit’s error in Mckesson] while it spent the Fischer argument thinking about how to shut down some hypothetical future case where the government may not sh...

Faith Ringgold: Art and activism live on

Children’s Defense Fund “Anyone can fly. All you need is somewhere to go that you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.” – Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach When Faith Ringgold passed away on Apri...

Good news: midlife health is about more than a waist measurement. Here’s why

Adobe Stock Photo by Rob Newton, Edith Cowan University You’re not in your 20s or 30s anymore and you know regular health checks are important. So you go to your GP. During the appointment they measure your waist. They might also check your weight....

New Fed rule will increase your banking fees

(Minority Business Development Agency) – As the national director at the Minority Business Development Agency, located within the U.S. Department of Commerce, one of my primary concerns was creating conditions for the economic success of all America...

Shove-Off Day Remembrance 1865 Path To Texas’ Juneteenth That Began In Hopewell, Va.

Learn about the historical significance of Shove Off Day in Hopewell, VA, as it commemorates the path to Juneteenth, tracing back to the departure of US Colored Troops from City Point in 1865. #Juneteenth, #ShoveOffDay, #USColoredTroops, #Emancipatio...