Pittsburgh Current

1 min read 2021-07-08 23:15:00

County officials release few details on a holiday weekend death at the Allegheny County Jail

Enlarge Details are scarce about the death of an incarcerated man at the Allegheny County Jail over the July 4 weekend. The Allegheny

1 min read 2021-06-10 19:48:35

Getting appropriate accommodations is a make-it-or-break-it factor for college students with disabilities.

Enlarge From left to right: Makala Ruffin, Angelina Baker, and Destiney Osterreitter By Mary Niederberger Freshman Makala

1 min read 2021-06-09 19:00:45

Hunter McGowan’s journey through higher education has been one of preparedness, patience and perseverance.

Enlarge Hunter McGowan with his guide dog Atlas (Photo by Jake Mysliwczyk) By Mary Niederberger As a college student, McGowan has

1 min read 2021-06-08 18:00:16

For students with disabilities, navigating higher education is a journey of self-advocacy and struggle

Enlarge Laura Power at her Wexford home. (Photo by Jake Mysliwczyk) By Mary Niederberger Just a few weeks into her freshman year of

1 min read 2021-06-04 04:04:17

Three Rivers Arts Festival returns with 10-day run Friday June 4

The 2019 Three Rivers Arts Festival. (Current photo by Jake Mysliwczyk) By Nick Eustis Pittsburgh Current Contributing

1 min read 2021-05-24 22:31:02

SPACE Gallery reopening June 4 with show by #notwhite artist collective

By Nick Eustis Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the arts at nearly

1 min read 2021-05-21 01:51:44

Walk-up COVID-19 clinic and education will be offered weekly at North SIde Farmers’ Market beginning May 21

By Charlie Deitch Pittsburgh Current Editor charlie@pittsburghcurrent.com Beginning tomorrow, May 20, Pittsburghers will be able to get a COVID-19

1 min read 2021-05-19 22:15:26

Ed Gainey’s win over Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is historic in more ways than one

Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Ed Gainey By unseating incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Tuesday night, Ed Gainey made history by likely becoming the

1 min read 2021-05-19 21:34:09

Letter from solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail

In Tuesday’s election, nearly 70% of voters banned solitary confinement at the Allegheny County Jail. More than 166,000 supported the ballot

1 min read 2021-05-12 21:49:40

Schweiger: Addressing Over-Population in a Rapidly Overheating World

President Joe Biden, joined by Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Director of the National Economic

1 min read 2021-05-10 17:48:58

Author Brian Broome’s Debut is a ‘heartbreaking and hopeful’ Memoir of a Black, Gay Man trying to grow up in America

By Jody DiPerna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com Brian Broome’s literary voice is the kind he and I were both

1 min read 2021-05-08 07:13:51

Fitzgerald designee votes to stop expansion of medication assisted treatment at the jail one day before Governor Tom Wolf expands the program in state prisons

Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s proxy attended Thursday’s Jail Oversight Board (JOB) meeting to cast a vote that killed a

Agreement for Wilkinsburg School District students to attend the Pittsburgh Public Schools likely renewed

1 min read 2021-05-08 04:33:05

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