UMT’s Ray Porter Jr. Honored Among 2023 Men of Excellence by the New Pittsburgh...
Urban Media Today proudly announces Rev. Raymond Porter, Jr.'s selection as a 2023 New Pittsburgh Courier Man of Excellence.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh Pa,...
How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.
by Jennifer Berry Hawes, photography by Gavin McIntyre for ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign...
What a teacher’s little red book taught the world about the Tulsa massacre
By Katherine Gilyard/Originally published by The 19th
Much of what the world knows about the Tulsa massacre, one of the most consequential events of state-sanctioned...
Health insurance plans must continue covering preventive services for now
Originally published by The 19th
What do you want to know about health care? We want to hear from you, our readers, about what we...
Black unemployment spikes, and women bear the brunt
By TheGrio
Black unemployment rates experienced a spike between April and May, notably impacting Black women in the public sector.
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics...
COVID-19 can cause brain cells to fuse
Newswise — Scientists at The University of Queensland have unveiled that viruses like SARS-CoV-2 can induce fusion among brain cells, triggering dysfunctions that result...
The high cost of higher ed: Pitt is one of the nation’s priciest public...
Emma Folts and Betul Tuncer
For Aaron Conrad, being able to attend the University of Pittsburgh as an in-state student meant having to work full...
6 Black HBCU students sue Florida, claim FAMU doesn’t get as much funding as...
By TheGrioStaff
Six Black students are suing Florida, alleging the state discriminates against their historically Black college in Tallahassee while favoring its largest public university,...
Missouri boy, 14, gets full ride to HBCU after walking six miles to 8th...
By TheGrio Staff
A St. Louis teen can spend the next four years not stressing over how he’ll pay for college after a six-mile walk...
Memoir of the oldest Tulsa Race Massacre witness released this week
By TheGrio Staff
The oldest surviving witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre has become the oldest author in the United States following the release of...
