BETWEEN WHITE BACKLASH AND PRIVILEGE February 2, 2023Did race play a part in sentences for protesters charged with federal crimes during Pittsburgh’s George Floyd Protest?...Featured StoryTop Stories·22 mins read·
A NEW SONG January 11, 2023The Rev. Dr. Asa Lee is more than a year into his trailblazing role as the first Black...Featured StoryTop Stories·12 mins read·
WHAT HEALING LOOKS LIKE November 18, 2022Photographer and Filmmaker Emmai Alaquiva wants the Mothers of the Movement to Keep Shining By Angela Bronner In...Featured StoryTop Stories·6 mins read·
“LISTEN TO VOTERS, GET MORE COURAGEOUS” November 8, 2022In the fight for a more reflective democracy, Pittsburgh grassroots activists wade deeper into mainstream electoral politics, center...Featured StoryTop Stories·11 mins read·
PHILANTHROPY WHILE BLACK October 26, 2022Justin Laing’s unapologetic mission to “disrupt the nonprofit industrial complex” By BlackPittsburgh Staff Justin Laing, the Principal at...Featured StoryTop Stories·7 mins read·
THE BLACK MAYORS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: MAYOR BETTY COPELAND OF BRIDGEVILLE October 12, 2022By Ervin Dyer and Renee Aldrich Betty Copeland was elected in 2018, at 83, becoming the first woman,...Featured StoryTop Stories·5 mins read·
THE BLACK MAYORS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: MAYOR CLETUS LEE OF NORTH BRADDOCK October 3, 2022By Ervin Dyer and Renee Aldrich In November 2021, Cletus Lee was elected the first African American mayor...Featured StoryTop Stories·2 mins read·
FOR A VISITING ARTIST, LOCAL IS GLOBAL September 27, 2022FashionAFRICANA puts Cedric Mizero’s Rwandan craft-making in the spotlight By Ervin Dyer A little more than a decade...Featured StoryTop Stories·6 mins read·
HEALING THE HOUSE September 8, 2022How Sean Russell’s success is shifting the culture at Westinghouse Academy By Patrice Alaquiva It’s one thing to...Featured StoryTop Stories·5 mins read·
THE BLACK MAYORS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: MAYOR VAL PENNINGTON OF BELLEVUE August 25, 2022By Ervin Dyer and Renee Aldrich Val Pennington, the former Bellevue Borough Council President, is the first Black...Featured StoryTop Stories·4 mins read·
