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Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer

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Rod Doss receives mayor’s ‘Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award’

COURIER EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ROD DOSS, IN THE MAYOR’S OFFICE, OCT. 3, 2024. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.) It's hard to say "New Pittsburgh Courier"...

Will Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro be chosen as Harris’ running mate?  And if that happens, could that propel McKeesport’s Austin Davis to governor?

THE TEAM—GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO AND LT. GOV. AUSTIN DAVIS  The hypothetical game is in full swing. What if this happens...what if that happens... It's understandable that Pa....

IT’S KAMALA’S TIME: VP Harris this close to securing Democratic nomination for President

VP KAMALA HARRIS IS ALMOST ASSUREDLY GOING TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.  SEE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW. Count...

Kamala Harris hosts exclusive in-person interview with the Courier

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SPEAKS WITH COURIER EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ROD DOSS, FEB. 20, 2024. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)  She’s proud to invest in...

‘AN AMERICAN HERO’…Bill introduced to rename VA Clinic in Monroeville after Henry Parham 

HENRY PARHAM was a member of the U.S. Army’s 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion that stormed Omaha Beach in Normandy, June 6, 1944. (File photo...

What is ‘Afrobeats?’…The music genre is quickly becoming embraced by Black America

OBI ASIKA AND SMADE are the founders of “Afro Nation,” the world’s largest Afrobeats festival. The festival is coming to Detroit on Aug. 19-20. In...

‘A quiet giant’…Ulish Carter, longtime Courier managing editor, passes

ULISH CARTER Simply put, Ulish Carter was a man of the Black Press. In his own words, Carter wrote in the New Pittsburgh Courier in 2011...

Austin Davis makes history as Pennsylvania’s first Black Lieutenant Governor

AUSTIN DAVIS, left, was sworn-in as Pennsylvania’s first Black Lieutenant Governor on Jan. 17. By his side is the state’s Second Lady, Blayre Holmes...

Blacks ‘significantly’ less likely to receive essential procedures for heart attacks

Tarryn Tertulien, M.D., M.Sc.  If you’re Black and diagnosed with a heart attack referred to as “N-STEMI,” you’re less likely to receive two essential procedures,...

Radio executive Jerry Lopes dies at 72

Held senior positions at Sheridan Broadcasting, American Urban Radio Networks for 40 years   The “face” of America’s only African American-owned and controlled radio network has...
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