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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
Fab 40 Courier’s Fab 40 Class of 2024! Individual photos and the group photo! Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer May 8, 2025 The New Pittsburgh Courier’s Fab 40 Class of 2024 Celebration was held at the Sheraton Hotel Station Square! Look below for the individual honorees’ photos and the group photo… About Post Author
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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
IN TIMES OF NEED, COMMUNITY MEMBERS STEPPED UP TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF DOUGLAS PLAZA, IN WILKINSBURG. IN THE PHOTO AT LEFT, RONNETTE DIXON IS PICTURED WITH DOUGLAS PLAZA RESIDENT CHRISTOPHER JENKINS. AT RIGHT, ASHLEY BURKE IS PICTURED WITH DOUGLAS PLAZA RESIDENT PERNELL FERGUSON. DIXON AND BURKE BROUGHT HOT MEALS TO THE RESIDENTS ON SUNDAY, MAY 4. (PHOTOS BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)The electric has been restored to the Douglas Plaza Apartments in Wilkinsburg. But the damage has already been done.
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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
Fab 40 Courier’s Fab 40, Class of 2023! Individual photos of honorees and group photo! Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer May 8, 2025 The New Pittsburgh Courier presents the Fab 40 Under 40, Class of 2023! This event was held at the Sheraton Hotel Station Square. See the individual and group photos below… About Post Author
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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
The New Pittsburgh Courier’s Fab 40 Under 40 Awards Ceremony, June 2018 at the Fairmont Hotel, Downtown! The event photos are below…(Photos by J.L. Martello and Dayna Delgado) About Post Author
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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
Fab 40 Courier’s Fab 40! The Class of 2018! Individual photos and Group Photo! Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer May 8, 2025 The New Pittsburgh Courier presents the Fab 40 Under 40, Class of 2018! This class was honored in June 2018 at the Fairmont Hotel, Downtown Pittsburgh. (Photos by J.L. Martello) About Post Author
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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
EGOT WINNER (EMMY, GRAMMY, OSCAR, TONY) VIOLA DAVIS WAS THE NARRATOR FOR “THE EBONY CANAL,” DIRECTED BY PITTSBURGH’S OWN EMMAI ALAQUIVA, RIGHT. The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that “The Ebony Canal,” a documentary shedding light on Black infant health, has earned three “Webby” awards in advance of the 29th Annual Webby Awards. The Webby Awards, often referred to as the “Oscars of the Internet,” will be held on May 12, 2025, at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall St., in New York City.
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1 week ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
PITTSBURGH MAYOR ED GAINEY BEING INTERVIEWED BY WPXI-TV ANCHOR LISA SYLVESTER, DURING THE NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH MAYORAL FORUM, MARCH 27, AT NORTHSIDE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH OF GOD. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO)The struggle is real when it comes to living in Pittsburgh for African Americans. Day after day, Pittsburgh’s Blacks dwindles, like the sand in an hourglass.
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3 weeks ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
GOV. JOSH SHAPIRO AND FIREFIGHTER LORI WILLIAMS. (PHOTO BY MARLON MARTIN)Lori Williams wanted to be a firefighter since she was 4 years old. And she’s currently “living out my dream and I love it,” she told the New Pittsburgh Courier on April 21. “It’s so much fun.”Imagine the thoughts going through her head when she learned that an alleged arsonist tried to burn down the Governor’s mansion in Harrisburg in the early morning hours of April 13—with the Governor, Josh Shapiro, and his family, inside.
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3 weeks ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
STATE REP. LA’TASHA D. MAYES DENOUNCES THE MAILER THAT’S BEEN SENT TO SOME CITY OF PITTSBURGH RESIDENTS THAT SHE SAYS MISREPRESENTS MAYOR ED GAINEY IN HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)Election is a month away, but mailer ‘crossed the line,’ community saysWhat is Ed Gainey’s legacy? A mailer was sent to thousands of Pittsburghers in the past week by the group, Common Sense Change Action, a political action committee.
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4 weeks ago | 
newpittsburghcourier.com | Rob Taylor Jr.
THE HONOREES AT THE S.W.A.G. AWARDS, March 22, at the Sheraton Hotel Station Square. (Photo by J.L. Martello)If you can believe it, the annual Social Worker Appreciation of Greatness Awards, better known as the S.W.A.G. Awards, already has its date set for its 2026 event—March 7. It will be the sixth iteration of the S.W.A.G. Awards, which honors Pittsburgh’s individuals, most of whom are Black, in the often-forgotten field of social work.
