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…
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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…
By Nick Eustis Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com In 2009, 50 of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations declared April to be Genocide Awareness Month, because six different genocides have anniversaries…
Larry J. Schweiger Pittsburgh Current Climate Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com President Biden claimed in his State of the Union speech, “When I think about climate change, I think about jobs. There’s no…
By Charlie Deitch and Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current charlie@pittsburghcurrent.com, brittany@pittsburghcurrent.com Beginning Monday, April 12, incarcerated individuals at the Allegheny County Jail will have the opportunity to be vaccinated for the…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education Writer mary@pittsburghcurrent.com As an education reporter in Pittsburgh who has covered the Pittsburgh Public Schools on and off for a number of years and…
By Nick Eustis Pittsburgh Current Contributor info@pittsburghcurrent.com Bakery Square in Larimer is growing. The mixed use complex home to Google Pittsburgh and UPMC offices, among other tenants, will be unveiling…