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The current civil rights movement has been an emotionally and intellectually taxing experience for many Black Americans who are confronting injustices…
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“A matter of life and death.” That was the message demonstrators conveyed Friday afternoon during a march and rally through downtown for…
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In the last week, Pittsburgh police have charged several leaders of local ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests. Those charged include Christian Carter, Nique…
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Voters in the city of Pittsburgh will get to decide in November whether to give the Citizen Police Review Board more power. After a series of amendments,…
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The "Black Lives Matter" protests that have shut down Pittsburgh city streets every week for the past two months are led by a new generation of activists.…
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Allegheny County Council on Tuesday rejected two measures that Democrats Liv Bennett and Bethany Hallam proposed in response to Black Lives Matter…
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Legislation that would limit police use of “less-lethal,” crowd-control weapons was rejected by an Allegheny County Council committee Wednesday. The…
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In an attempt to assuage the public’s demands for increased accountability of police officers, a spattering of departments across Pennsylvania post their…
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A Ross Township Police officer’s social-media activity is under investigation, and a personal Facebook page has been taken down after 90.5 WESA called…
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Protesters lined about a half-mile of Fifth Avenue, in Oakland, at noon Wednesday for the Interfaith Vigil for Black Lives. Passing motorists honked their…