By unseating incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Tuesday night, Ed Gainey made history by likely becoming the city’s first Black mayor. In fact, Peduto even mentioned it in his concession…
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In Tuesday’s election, nearly 70% of voters voted on a measure to end nearly all uses of solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail. More than 166,000 supported the ballot…
By Larry J. Schweiger Pittsburgh Current Climate Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com Republicans alarmed by Black Lives Matter protests are striking back. Apparently not concerned about oppressive and deadly police practices, red states…
By Larry J. Schweiger Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com On the 51st Earth Day, President Biden will host a global summit on climate change. The conference, set to begin today (April…
By Joy Katz Special to the Pittsburgh Current info@pittsburghcurrent.com Tuesday morning, a newsletter from the Pittsburgh Police entitled “STOP the Violence” hit my inbox. It is day 24 of the…
By Larry J. Schweiger Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittburghcurrent.com Trump’s well-documented mismanagement helped sicken over 30 million Americans and killed over a half million people. Statewide, Pennsylvania had 1,045,400 reported cases…
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: Larry J. Schweiger Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com Post-Trump, the Republican Party has metamorphized into a Do-Nothing Party in Washington. They are richly rewarded for doing nothing. Toxic money in…
By Larry J. Schweiger Pittsburgh Current Columnist info@pittsburghcurrent.com Planet Earth is at a climate crossroads. Will it become a hothouse with uninhabitable lands, flooded coastlines, fierce storms, and massive forest…
By Dan Savage info@pittsburghcurrent.com A male friend—not my best friend but a close one—told me his wife was really attracted to me, another male, and asked if I was attracted…