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The Carr Report: Are bills stressing you out?

Damon Carr - August 14, 2024

I post a question on social media every year asking, “Which bill do you hate paying the most?” In my Steve Harvey voice, the...

J. Pharoah Doss: Anti-war protest, negative peace, and existential threats

J. Pharoah Doss - August 13, 2024

Palestinian and Israeli flags fly in old Jerusalem. iStock / Getty Images Plus When World War II broke out in Europe in 1939, the United States...

The Carr Report: Retirement planning mistakes you should avoid

Damon Carr - August 7, 2024

When you think of retirement, you think of a life of ease and luxury, traveling the world, and having fun in the sun. That’s...

J. Pharoah Doss: Harris’ presidential nomination…From the grassroots up, not top down?

J. Pharoah Doss - August 6, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris with supporters in Jacksonville, Fla., May 1, 2024. AP Photo/John Raoux/File On July 21, President Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential...

The Carr Report: Solutions to the racial wealth gap

Damon Carr - July 31, 2024

I recently read two articles in the New Pittsburgh Courier...”Nine facts about the racial wealth gap” and “The urgency of ending the racial wealth...

J. Pharoah Doss: Swearing to tell the “post-truth”

J. Pharoah Doss - July 30, 2024

In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary's international word of the year was "post-truth." The term prioritizes what psychologists refer to as "emotional truths"—what one "feels"...

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

Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer - July 27, 2024

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

Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer - July 26, 2024

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...

The Carr Report: You have to ‘Get out of Dumb’ before you can ‘Get out of Debt!’

Damon Carr - July 24, 2024

Have you ever done something so stupid that you wanted to smack yourself and scream out loud, “WHAT WAS I THINKING?” I know I...

J. Pharoah Doss: Reasons for running mates…Biden, Kaine and Harris

J. Pharoah Doss - July 23, 2024

After President Barack Obama’s two terms, the next Democratic nominee for president wasn’t Obama’s vice president, Joe Biden, but his secretary of state, Hillary...