In many ways, the kitchen is the heartbeat of the Allegheny County Jail. Forty workers at a time prepare food for more than 1,600 hungry men and women. Standing shoulder…
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By Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current Managing Editor Britany@pittsburghcurrent.com In a newly released report, the Abolitionist Law Center Court Watch asks, “Is there anywhere in Allegheny County where African-Americans can escape…
By Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current Managing Editor brittany@pittsburghcurrent.com Editor’s Note: This is a breaking story and will be updated frequently. Pittsburgh fire crews were on the scene for multiple fires…
By Alexandra Ross Special to the Pittsburgh Current info@pitsburghcurrent.com On the night of February 14, 2019, a handful of Pittsburghers gathered at Repair the World, a local Jewish cultural center,…
By Jody DiPerna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com A Bridgeville man in jail awaiting trial for his part in the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was unable to appear…
By Jody Diperna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com Like the history of America itself, Alaina Roberts’ family history is knotty, astonishing and, to a large degree, hidden. With her first…
By Jody DiPerna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski have written a new book about the art of the learning sciences and what we can still…
By Jody DiPerna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com More than a full year into the new reality of pandemic living, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures has upped their game in order…
By Matthew Wallenstein info@pittsburghcurrent.com My father has a way of saying things. He has all these phrases and sayings and words that are foreign to most everyone. He swears up…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education Writer mary@pittsburghcurrent.com A shortage of bus drivers threatens the complete return of students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools this year and poses possible transportation…