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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For you Pisceans, March is Love Yourself Bigger and Better and Bolder Month. To prepare you for this festival, I'm providing...

JM the Poet released a video for the song "In the Clouds" on Feb. 21. The song features JM the Poet and Plato BLACK rapping...

CP Photo: Kaycee Orwig Jorge Broche, co-owner of Mosaic Leaf Matcha Tea Bar, prepares a matcha latte. Matcha is coming for coffee. The tea-based beverage — made from a special type of green tea that is grounded into a powder — is making its way to coffee shop menus across Pittsburgh. Iced matcha drinks, hot matcha lattes, and blended matcha beve...

CP Photo: Kaycee Orwig Trans YOUniting held a candlelight vigil on Sun., Feb. 28 outside the City County Building to honor four lives that were lost in the past two weeks. Four trans people of color have died in Western Pennsylvania in February, three of whom were killed within one week. Chyna Carrillo was killed in Lawrence County, an hour north of...

Pittsburgh Democratic Committee Chair Kevin Quigley posing with mayoral candidate Tony Moreno On Feb. 23, “The great President Donald J Trump also has a responsibility to protect this country,” tweeted Moreno in July 2019. “They want to make it socialist and hate America. They try to impeach him, falsely accuse him and turn against American values. That’s what I would have said. He speaks for me.” Moreno told City Paper that those pas...

CP photo: Jared Wickerham Chinatown Inn on Third Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh, the location of the citys "lost" Chinatown Pittsburgh’s Chinatown was something I only heard about when talking to other young Asian Americans in the city. It was folkloric, despite being a part of Pittsburgh’s history and, by virtue of being Asian American in Pittsbur...

As Pennsylvania faces a potential multi-billion dollar budget hole, a Republican and Democratic state senator are introducing a bipartisan proposal to legalize and tax recreational cannabis. The sponsors, Sens. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) cited shifting public attitudes, as well as the potential gain from a new crop for farmers, a fresh start for those with a possession arrest on their record, and a boast to the state’s bottom line. “I pledged to never raise t...

Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Brittany Trotter Dr. Brittany Trotter For Black musicians in Pittsburgh, there are often hoops to jump through to get the recognition, funding, and support that comes more easily to their white counterparts. On top of the already fraught world of underfunded arts programs, Black artists say they have to deal with bias and bein...

CP photo: Jared Wickerham Ed Gainey The Pittsburgh mayoral race is well underway, and state Rep. Ed Gainey (D-Lincoln-Lemington) is setting up battle lines around the region’s preeminent medical powerhouse: UPMC. In a virtual event on Feb. 23, Gainey spoke about his plans to fight for health care workers. This pledge came as SEIU Healthcare, the...

In a year made so tough for so many reasons, people in Western Pennsylvania needed to trust their medical care more than ever before. Central Outreach Wellness Center is proud to say that they were not only able to continue providing culturally competent and inclusive care, but were able to grow, expand, and adapt to the needs of the year. Central Outreach’s main mission is still being a resource for care for underserved populations, particularly the LGBTQIA and HIV+ communities, and ...