Daevan Mangalmurti, Editor
March 16, 2020 • No Comments
Esi Edugyan is known for breaking barriers. The daughter of Ghanaian immigrants to Canada, she was the first black Canadian woman to win the Scotiabank Giller prize, in 2011,...
Daevan Mangalmurti and Sam Bisno
March 2, 2020 • 1 Comment
Hearings of the Board of Directors of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) are not known for being scintillating affairs. Various petitioners will speak for a few minutes each...
Sam Bisno, Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2020 • No Comments
In December of last year, a seemingly innocuous disease began to spread throughout Wuhan, a city of 11 million residents in the Hubei province of China. Initially, symptoms...
Daevan Mangalmurti, Editor
February 13, 2020 • No Comments
At about 1 o'clock this afternoon, Obama was placed on lockdown for 30 minutes due to reports of a homicide suspect being spotted in East Liberty. The individual, Herbert...
Jonah Woolley, Politics Writer
February 13, 2020 • No Comments
On Monday, the entire country braced for the first major event in the 2020 presidential primary season: the Iowa Caucuses. Starting back in 1976, Iowa gained the status...
Jonah Woolley, Politics Writer
January 27, 2020 • No Comments
On April 1st of this year, all across the country, the 2020 census will begin. It’s a monumental undertaking, as it has always been, meant to collect information on every...
Aastha Singh, Environment and Technology Writer
December 18, 2019
Anyone who has heard anything about saving the environment knows the drill: turn off the lights, unplug electronics, take the bus, etc. It’s universally recognized that...
Dylan Shapiro, Education Writer
November 21, 2019
In light of the ALICE drill several weeks ago, many people seem confused — confused about why we do them, if they work, and if what we practice in the ALICE drill would...
Isaac Degenholtz, Website Director
November 12, 2019
Over two months ago I tried and failed to obtain the Popeyes Classic Chicken Sandwich. A friend and I traveled to three different locations and all three times failed to obtain...
Daevan Mangalmurti, Editor
January 14, 2020
Last Tuesday, January 7th, comics artist and activist Juan José Fernández visited Obama as the Obama Speaker Series’ January speaker. Mr. Fernández, who is of Venezuelan...
Zoeie McKnight, Student Life Writer
January 9, 2020
Ahh Kyra Stief. An athlete who received the All-Section award in soccer for all 4 years of high school. Not only is she an amazing athlete, but she’s also a great person....
Zoeie McKnight, Student Life Writer
December 19, 2019
Introducing the 2020 Barack Obama Academy class president, Cecil Price III. Cecil is just one of those people that everybody in the school knows. Everyone knows that he dresses...
Daevan Mangalmurti, Editor
January 21, 2020
Happy New Year! Reader, if you read my last article (posted nearly six months ago), you know I said I was unlikely to ever update this column regularly. But even by my standards,...
Daevan Mangalmurti, Editor
October 14, 2019
Editor’s Note: Class of 2020 Seniors can now register for The Promise via the Pittsburgh Promise Portal. The username and password required to log in have been sent out...
Sam Bisno, Editor-in-Chief
October 13, 2019
Rise and shine, college-bound youth! We're off on the second leg of our Pennsylvania college tour! If you missed the first installment, in which we took a look at Allegheny,...
Sam Bisno, Editor-in-Chief
July 31, 2019
It’s July 7. The Pirates have just eked out a 6-5 victory over the division-rival Brewers. They’re heading into the All-Star break optimistic, having won five of their...
Isaac Degenholtz, Website Director
June 3, 2019
This year Obama Frisbee had a huge roster and a highly successful season. Players grew significantly through this year, but I mean what is frisbee, is it even a sport? What...
Sam Bisno, Editor-in-Chief
April 24, 2019
When Obama met Quaker Valley earlier this season, the tale was not a happy one: despite carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning, errors eventually spelled a 7-3 defeat....
Daevan Mangalmurti and Sam Bisno
March 2, 2020
Hearings of the Board of Directors of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) are not known for being scintillating affairs. Various petitioners will speak for a few minutes each...
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