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The Rev. Dr. Asa Lee is more than a year into his trailblazing role as the first Black...

Photographer and Filmmaker Emmai Alaquiva wants the Mothers of the Movement to Keep Shining By Angela Bronner In...

In the fight for a more reflective democracy, Pittsburgh grassroots activists wade deeper into mainstream electoral politics, center...

Justin Laing’s unapologetic mission to “disrupt the nonprofit industrial complex” By BlackPittsburgh Staff Justin Laing, the Principal at...

By Ervin Dyer and Renee Aldrich Betty Copeland was elected in 2018, at 83, becoming the first woman,...

By Ervin Dyer and Renee Aldrich In November 2021, Cletus Lee was elected the first African American mayor...

FashionAFRICANA puts Cedric Mizero’s Rwandan craft-making in the spotlight By Ervin Dyer A little more than a decade...

How Sean Russell’s success is shifting the culture at Westinghouse Academy By Patrice Alaquiva It’s one thing to...

By Ervin Dyer and Renee Aldrich Val Pennington, the former Bellevue Borough Council President, is the first Black...