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Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer

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It’s a winner! ‘The Ebony Canal’ wins NAACP Image Award for Best Short Form Documentary

“THE EBONY CANAL” DIRECTOR EMMAI ALAQUIVA, CENTER, WITH RACHEL STRADER, LARISSA LANE, ALANA YZOLA-DALY AND MARIAH PEOPLES. Documentaries and short films that shed light on a...

World-renowned sculptor Thaddeus Mosley Jr. passes at 99

Father to six, including City Councilman Khari Mosley In 1946, the City of Pittsburgh became home to Thaddeus G. Mosley Jr. Little did the city, or...

Documentary on Black maternal health nominated for NAACP Image Award

“THE EBONY CANAL” DIRECTOR EMMAI ALAQUIVA, CENTER, WITH RACHEL STRADER, LARISSA LANE, ALANA YZOLA-DALY AND MARIAH PEOPLES. The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that...

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...

The Courier Captures 2023 Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic Featuring Morehouse, Virginia Union

SOME OF THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE CHEERLEADERS, AT THE BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC, SEPT. 3, IN CANTON, OHIO. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR...

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...

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