Recently added articles from New Pittsburgh Courier:
Muhammad calls for Black consciousness
Feb 25, 2009; ... In a country where Muslims have been demonized, Akbar Muhammad, a former student of Malcolm X, sees the Muslim state of consciousness as the solution to many of the problems in the African-American community. On Feb. 21, the 44th anniversary of the assassination Malcolm X, Muhammad used ...
Transit riders seek change in mall policy
Feb 25, 2009; ... In a heavy rain with temperatures hovering in the mid30s, 17 members of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network, some elderly and one in a wheelchair, struggled tedeliver a letter to the management at Century III Mall. Until recently, they would not have struggled, but mall owner Simon ...
Urban League program helps homeowners facing foreclosure
Feb 25, 2009; ... Helping save homes With the economy in a downward spiral, people looking to the president for hope and a solution. Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh has put to: gether a program to be a part of the solution to stave off foreclosure. "I do not want to see someone who has worked ...
Candidates vie for signatures and endorsements
Feb 25, 2009; ... Democratic candidates for the May primary elections had three minutes to light a fire in the minds of their 12th Ward constituents at a Meet the Candidates petition party Feb. 17. While many left after their allotted time, several stayed to mingle in the hope of garnering petition signatures and ...
Wheatley offers more transparency into state office
Feb 25, 2009; ... Despite recent allegations of misconduct against 19th Legislative Rep. Jake Wheatley, he has opened up to try to give his constituents a better understanding of how Ms work directly affects the African-American community. 'There's really not an ongoing relationship between what we're ...
'The Apprentice' preaches giving back
Feb 25, 2009; ... As the winner of the fourth season of the NBC television show "The Apprentice," Randal Pinkett knows a few things about success. Still, on Feb. 19 he told students from the University of Pittsburgh's Black Action Society and National Society of Black Engineers to aspire not only for success, bui ...
This Week in Black History
Feb 25, 2009; ... For the week of February 26- March 4 February 26 1920 - Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) founds the first nationally organized celebration of Black American history then called Negro History Week which was first celebrated on this day in 1926. Woodson scheduled the week to ...
Beltzhoover developes revitalization plan
Feb 25, 2009; ... The residents of Beltzhoover want more than a sign touting Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's Green-up Pittsburgh program on the vacant lot next to the community center on Gearing Avenue. They are also tired of the other vacant lots and abandoned houses that dot the neighborhood. Instead of waiting ...
Correction
Feb 25, 2009; ... In the Feb. 18-24 edition, an error appeared in the "Detroit contractor seeks local talent." The story should have stated that the Brinker ...
Garland to challenge Thompson in Wilkinsburg; no challengers announced for council races
Feb 25, 2009; ... All Wilkinsburg council members who won four years ago on a reform platform are up for election again. And while no council challengers have yet announced a run, Mayor John Thompson could have at least one challenger. Ronald Garland, aka Montu Nia, contractor, cab driver and chairman of ...
HUD for homeless
Feb 25, 2009; ... The Allegheny County Department of Human Services Continuum of Care program has received an $839,501 award from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development's Rapid Re-Housing for Families Demonstration Program. "This is good news for Allegheny County," said Department of Human ...
Give a smile
Feb 25, 2009; ... In an effort to join the American Dental Association's fight to lower the number of untreated oral diseases among children of low-income families, the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine will hold its seventh annual Give Kids A Smile Day on Feb. 27 from 10:30-1 1:30 a.m. at SaIk ...
Low interest loans
Feb 25, 2009; ... The Family Services of Western Pennsylvania's Ways to Work program is now providing small, low interest loans to help working families purchase or assist in repairing old cars, so that parents can keep or obtain a job. The program is working to help families achieve economic ...
History contest
Feb 25, 2009; ... PNC Bank will host their 2009 African-American History Contest, "From Dream to Reality" to pay tribute to African-American History makers. Contestants must be 6-18 and must create an original entry by using poetry, essay, art, music or video to answer the questions: What ...
Obama creates urban affairs office
Feb 25, 2009; ... WASHINGTON (NNPA)- In keeping with a campaign promise he made to mayors and elected officials who rep- resent many cities, President Barack Obama announced Feb. 19 that he has signed an executive order creating a White House Office of Urban Affairs. Adolfo Carrion, a former Bronx Borough ...
HBCU president pushed for health secretary
Feb 25, 2009; ... WASHINGTON (NNPA)-House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S. C, the highest ranking Black member of Congress, has asked President Barack Obama to consider the public health-oriented president of a historically Black university for the post of secretary of Health and Human ...
Burris: Time to tell the truth
Feb 25, 2009; ... Editorial With apologies to Benjamin Disraeli, there are lies, damn lies and politicians. The circus that has swirled around U.S. Sen. Roland Burris the past week has been nothing short of an exercise in political hubris. Just when we thought that Rod Blagojevich had set new ...
Continue voting rights fight?
Feb 25, 2009; ... Commentary A small municipality in Austin, Texas, will soon get its chance to convince the Supreme Court that parts of the Voting Rights Act are not only unconstitutional, but no longer needed. If the court agrees, a key section of the act, which has been shown to reduce discriminatory ...
Never having to say you were wrong
Feb 25, 2009; ... The Way I See It It is worth recalling that in 1996 when then President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (otherwise known as welfare reform) new liberals predicted all manner of calamity. We were, they claimed, cosigning our nation ...
Excuses and explanations generally mean no commitment
Feb 25, 2009; ... To Tell The Truth This column was generated by a White contractor's tempt to deter my nephew from fulfilling his dream of becoming a legitimate Black contractor. My nephew's company was a part of the original bid, but after the company won the bid the contractor said, "Why don't you just ...