Recently added articles from New Pittsburgh Courier:
Violence epidemic takes young lives
Oct 07, 2009; ... $5,000 reward for information in 5-year-old's death For every two American soldiers killed so far this year in the Iraq war, one person has been killed in Pittsburgh. It's no secret that a large number of these local homicide victims have been African-Americans, accounting for 45 of the ...
Women's Walk message is hard to swallow
Oct 07, 2009; ... On Oct. 3, more than 300 people gathered at the Northview Heights Bridge to begin the second Annual Women's Walk for Peace. By the time they reached their destination in West Park, two miles later, their numbers had doubled. Meeting them head on in the park later that day was national ...
Edwards radio station buy to prevent 'Black out'
Oct 07, 2009; ... Plans January air date True to his word, formerly retired media mogul Eddie Edwards Sr. has bought a radio station and hopes to begin broadcasting in January. Edwards announced the purchase during an Oct. 5 press conference at the law offices of Burns, White & Hickton, which ...
45 of 64 homicides Black lives
Oct 07, 2009; ... Enough is enough, not one more life The loss of a life to senseless acts of violence is hard to cope with, but it is exceptionally hard when it is an innocent 5-year-old child who is asleep in his own home, like Jaylon Johnson-Floyd. There has to be a mint where the community says enough ...
Women urged to make changes at YWCA symposium
Oct 07, 2009; ... YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh marked its 140th anniversary with a symposium at the Westin Hotel Oct. 2. With the theme "Women Who Dare: Do They Make a Difference?," the symposium featured a series of sessions and speeches from nationally renowned women and many of Pittsburgh's own ...