By Aryanna Hunter Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com “I was born in Scranton like Bob Casey and Joe Biden!” is what my now 12-year-old would say when I was on the…
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By Aryanna Hunter Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com I didn’t always pay attention to politics. Certainly not in the way that I do now. Growing up, my family didn’t have conversations…
By Aryanna Hunter Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com This. Is. War. Strapping on her bike helmet, goggles, a yellow t-shirt and tennis shoes, my sister Robin set out for downtown Portland,…
By Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Columnist aryanna@pittsburghcurrent.com It’s almost August and it’s time to start firing up the base for 2020. At least that’s what Presidential candidates think; you and…
By Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Political Columnist aryanna@pittsburghcurrent.com When Admiral Joe Sestak entered the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Sunday, he became the 25th candidate in the race (though there could…
By Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Political Columnist aryanna@pittsburghcurrent.com Year after year, Pennsylvania ranks toward the very bottom of the list for electing women to office — at all levels. We’ve…
By Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Political Columnist aryanna@pittsburghcurrent.com When you look back at Bethany Hallam’s successful campaign to unseat a 20-year incumbent Allegheny County Councilor, you can’t point out a…
By Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com It’s easy to get sucked into the glitz and glamour of presidential election season. New candidates to fall in love with, old ones…
Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Political Columnist aryanna@pittsburghcurrent.com Before 2013, I never gave judicial elections the time of day. I’m also willing to bet most people still feel the same way….
By Aryanna Berringer Pittsburgh Current Political Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com Five police cars with lights flashing were parked in the driveway as a white Nissan Sentra pulled in behind them; four kids…