Editorial: “Sesame Street”’s portrayal of addiction is commendable
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 13, 2019
“Sesame Street” should be commended for its efforts.
Editorial: Top 10 locations for the Bigelow shuttle stop
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 10, 2019
While it’s true that we’d probably walk through hell or high water anywhere to catch the campus shuttle, we have a few suggestions.
Editorial: DeVos’ violation of court order shows her ineptitude
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 9, 2019
This case sheds light on an Education Department run ineffectively, forming another major crack in the Trump administration.
Editorial: Better response needed from state health officials in Canon-McMillan school district
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 8, 2019
It seems as though state health officials haven’t appropriately or adequately responded to community members’ complaints, who have cause to be worried about their children’s health.
Editorial: LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace shouldn’t be up for debate
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 8, 2019
This case should never have made it to the Supreme Court in the first place.
Editorial: The youth justice system is unjust
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 6, 2019
Deliberate changes must be made locally and nationally to ensure fairer investigations and treatment of children being prosecuted.
Editorial: Top 10 things you’ll find lurking on Pitt’s campus
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 3, 2019
An alligator hasn’t been spotted in Oakland — yet — though there are plenty of other things lying low, or maybe not so low, around campus.
Editorial: Stein settlement forces problematic voting equipment vendor on Allegheny County
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 2, 2019
The deadline prompted by the settlement in Stein’s suit might not have given voters the best choice for new voting equipment.
Editorial: College athletes deserve opportunity to capitalize on endorsements
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 1, 2019
The California law seems sensible and strategic, and will hopefully prompt the NCAA to change its endorsement rules.
Editorial: Religious universities need to meet their student bodies halfway
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 30, 2019
They have to be inclusive to their student body as a whole, not just those who are straight and cisgender.
Editorial: Embrace the exclamation point!
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 29, 2019
It’s time to see the exclamation point for what it is and embrace it.
Editorial: Top 10 campus spots most likely to lead to another world, Narnia Style
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 26, 2019
hese are 10 places on campus that are most likely to lead to another world. Narnia style, of course.
Editorial: Conservative attacks on climate activist disrespectful, offensive
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 24, 2019
There is absolutely no need for these attacks, which are offensive and distasteful.
Editorial: Democrats can’t stall impeachment any longer
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 24, 2019
If Trump’s behavior was corrupt and constitutes an impeachable offense, not impeaching him would be accepting the president’s power to seek foreign interference in our democracy.
Editorial: NLRB unionization proposal is a step backwards
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 23, 2019
This new proposal is a bleak reminder of just how difficult unionization really is, and just how far we still have to go.
Editorial: Top 15 alternatives to Blackboard
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 19, 2019
These are our top 15 alternatives to CourseWeb that we’d like to see Pitt pilot — because 10 just wasn’t enough.
Editorial: Make college tuition free
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 18, 2019
Free tuition is an investment in students that will hopefully help break the cycle of crippling college debt and unemployment we face today.
Editorial: Merriam-Webster is helping legitimize non binary language
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 17, 2019
The move by Merriam-Webster, announced via Twitter on Tuesday, lends legitimacy to a term that is liberating for many nonbinary people who don’t identify with traditionally male and female pronouns.
Editorial: Antonio Brown should be benched
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 15, 2019
The accusations led many to wonder whether or not Brown would play in his first game for the Patriots. He did — but he definitely should have been benched.
Top Ten | Things worth creating a new rivalry with Penn State over
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 12, 2019
Nittany Lions, save yourselves now and quit like Bret Stephens quit Twitter. Here are 10 new rivalry options where we’d beat Penn State.
Editorial: More states should follow New Jersey’s new gun policy
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 10, 2019
More states should consider similar executive orders going forward to have a greater possible impact on gun policy in this country.
Editorial | It’s about time: online absentee applications in Pa.
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 9, 2019
This change is a start, but if Pennsylvania really wants to increase fairness, they must continue to make deliberate improvements.
Editorial: Trump’s stance on Hurricane Dorian is problematic
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 8, 2019
This stance that the president shouldn’t be corrected when wrong, even when public safety is at stake, is dangerous and dictator-like.
Editorial: Top 10 ways to save the Earth
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 5, 2019
Here are 10 things you can do right now to save the earth.
Editorial: More states should ban flavored e-cigarettes
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 4, 2019
Michigan's ban on flavored e-cigarettes is a much-needed measure that more states should imitate.
Editorial: Lawsuit could be a step towards equity in Pa. education funding
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 3, 2019
Where the state government has failed to solve the problem of inequity in education funding, this lawsuit could be a step towards a solution.
Editorial | Everyday is Labor Day
By Pitt News Editorial Board
September 2, 2019
Since the Labor Day’s establishment in 1894, labor itself has evolved into something more complex than simply the unionization of nine-to-five white-collar workers and advocacy for safe working conditions.
Editorial | Climate change denial is an economic and environmental failure
By Pitt News Editorial Board
August 29, 2019
It’s likely that even older generations will have to face the financial burdens of denying climate change, especially with these loosening regulations.
Editorial: Stephens’ idea of free speech is hypocritical, self-serving
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 28, 2019
Stephens’ reaction to a joke made on Twitter at his expense makes him a hypocrite and suggests he’s willing to use his social status to silence critics.
Editorial: Tweets won’t save the Amazon
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 27, 2019
Going vegan or donating to organizations dedicated to rainforest conservation won’t ultimately help save the Amazon.
Editorial | Unlimited 30-minute bike rides for first years are a good start
By Pitt News Editorial Board
August 26, 2019
Only first-year students and RAs are included in Healthy Ride’s pilot bike program, but this is an opportunity that all students should be able to reap the benefits of.
Editorial: Emphasis on higher test scores won’t help diversity
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 25, 2019
While the higher level of diversity is encouraging, the higher test scores are not as beneficial to the University as they might seem.
Editorial | States should follow Pennsylvania’s lead in pursuit of curbing gerrymandering
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 10, 2019
Since individual states hold all the power to curb gerrymandering, they need to follow in Pennsylvania's footsteps and prioritize making their maps as fair as possible.
Editorial | This is the real border crisis
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 26, 2019
Democrats and Republicans need to throw their ideological differences away in order to ensure that people arriving at the border are, at the very least, being treated humanely.
Editorial | Pennsylvania politicians need to take Clairton pollution seriously
By Pitt News Editorial Board
June 18, 2019
We place trust in these politicians to protect us, and their refusal to acknowledge the health and environmental violations is doing the opposite.
Editorial | Acknowledge progress and pitfalls during Pride month
By Pitt News Editorial Board
June 12, 2019
But the past few years also brought forth a slew of hateful events, serving as a bleak reminder that we still have a long way to go. In order to continue progressing forward, it’s vital to acknowledge both the progress and the pitfalls.
Editorial | YouTube needs to make deliberate changes in order to protect children
By Pitt News Editorial Board
June 5, 2019
The New York Times recently reported that Youtube’s algorithm, which the site uses to personalize content recommendations for its users, was showing a video of girls playing outside in two-piece swimsuits to users who had watched other videos of prepubescent, half-dressed children — after they had watched sexually themed content. The result of this was a loop of videos that experts say sexualize children.
Editorial | Assange’s journalist credentials aren’t the issue
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 28, 2019
His prosecution is worrisome because it erases the line between the responsibility of government employees to safeguard information and the freedom of civilians who are protected under the First Amendment.
Editorial: States are slowly chipping away at abortion rights
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 22, 2019
While the Alabama law certainly is a blatant attack against women, there’s a slew of other laws in states around the country that restrict abortion in smaller ways which might be even more effective in overturning Roe v. Wade.
Editorial | Alyssa Milano’s proposed sex strike isn’t empowering
By Pitt News Editorial Board
May 14, 2019
Though Milano likely has good intentions, a sex strike isn’t an empowering or effective way for women to protest abortion laws.
Top 10: Excuses for missing a final
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 18, 2019
It happens. We get it. Here are the top 10 reasons you can give professors for why you missed your final that’s worth 30% of your grade.
Editorial: Leave advertisements out of space
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 17, 2019
In a day and age where it’s nearly impossible to go anywhere without seeing some sort of advertisement, putting them in the sky seems not only irritating, but unnecessary and harmful.
Editorial: Undocumented immigrants aren’t punishment for sanctuary cities
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 16, 2019
President Donald Trump’s latest proposal involves more than just labeling undocumented immigrants as a threat. Now, he’s trying to use them as punishment.
Editorial: Inciting violence against politicians hurts everyone
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 15, 2019
It is natural to disagree with politicians, but no matter how opposed one is to their values, inciting violence against them through misinformation — as Trump did with his video — is never OK.
Editorial: Denison scavenger hunt wasn’t funny
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 14, 2019
What was meant as a dumb prank played with the real fears of thousands of women at Pitt.
Top 10: Ways for presidential candidates to earn our support
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 11, 2019
With Bernie planning a Pitt stop in Oakland this Sunday, we decided to give presidential hopefuls an easy guide to pandering for our votes.
Editorial: Ending affirmative action sets us back
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 10, 2019
Affirmative action policies play an important role in ensuring the systemic challenges faced by marginalized communities are diminished.
Editorial: Hiring Brandon Flood is a step in the right direction
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 8, 2019
This is a major step forward in normalizing the rehabilitation of inmates and allowing them to participate fully in civil society and benefits the justice system as a whole.
Editorial: Pass the Stop HATE Act
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 7, 2019
U.S. legislators are introducing the Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression (HATE) Act of 2019 to Congress to learn more about how people spread hate online, which is a good first step toward preventing further shootings.
Top 10: Places to jaywalk in Oakland
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 5, 2019
We at The Pitt News say get the goobermint out of our crimes of convenience! Here are the top 10 places to jaywalk in Oakland.
Editorial: Lilly Singh is what late night needs
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 4, 2019
Singh’s new role with NBC is a huge step forward for diversity and representation on late-night television.
Editorial: Don’t dismiss Biden allegations
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 3, 2019
We owe the women who made the allegations against Biden the same respect we give all other victims of assault and harassment who come forward.
Editorial: Closing the boyfriend loophole could save partners of abusers
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 2, 2019
The NRA's stance is anti-woman and overlooks the dangers people face from intimate partners who own guns and have shown tendencies toward violent, abusive or stalker-like behaviors.
Editorial: The actual William Pitt the WPU should be named after
By The Pitt News Editorial Brad
April 1, 2019
We can’t count the ways Brad Pitt has shaped this world, but we can count the reasons we can show Brad Pitt at least a fraction of the love he deserves.
Top 10: Things to lobby for in Harrisburg
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 28, 2019
We don’t normally enjoy interacting with those who work in the State capital but here are our top 10 things to lobby for in Harrisburg.
Editorial: Allies, know our place
By The Pitt News Editorial Staff
March 28, 2019
It’s not about what makes us comfortable. It’s not about what we want to do and it’s not about our opinions. It’s about their justified anger.
Editorial: The GOP isn’t the healthcare party
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 27, 2019
Getting rid of the ACA and Trump’s statement are both mistakes that will hurt both the American people and Trump’s reelection bid in 2020.
Editorial: Shooting survivors need more mental health resources
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 25, 2019
These people’s pain didn’t stop in the aftermath of the shootings, and they — as well as all others in their terrible position — deserved access to mental health resources to help them process and grieve what they lost.
Editorial: Rosfeld decision isn’t surprising, still disappointing
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 24, 2019
The time it took for the jury to reach a decision compared to the gravity of the crime shows how little we value the lives of young black men in America.
Top 10: People we would actually support for president
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar defended her harsh staff treatment, claiming toughness is needed to deal with Putin, but has she ever threatened her rival one hour into starting her new job? Gritty has.
Editorial: West Virginia gets creative holding Church accountable for abuse
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 20, 2019
The state’s solution to these legal impediments might help in the effort to hold accountable those who enabled the abuse to happen.
Editorial: Stop calling Beto O’Rourke a progressive candidate
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 19, 2019
While O’Rourke quickly rose in fame and favor following his failed Senate bid, his past voting record as a member of the House of Representatives doesn’t match the progressive image he currently projects.
Editorial: Admissions scandal not surprising
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 19, 2019
For many students, the college admissions process should be a merit-based process providing opportunities to move up in the world.
Editorial: Rise in white nationalism fed by politicians
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 17, 2019
In wake of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, we’ve seen that such blatant refusals to admit the gravity of white supremacy and racism have a wider effect than just the United States alone.
Top 10: Pitt News Drink Factory
By The Pitt News Editorial Staff
March 7, 2019
We’ve gone and collected the mud and rainwater in that pothole and blended it with some tire rubber for the defining Forbes-Avenue experience in a cup.
Editorial: Conversion therapy ban a good first step
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 7, 2019
The process is considered ineffective and abusive by most medical professionals, and a ban on it is a good step forward for Allegheny County.
Editorial: Trump makes empty promise for “A Plus” emergency relief
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 6, 2019
Trump’s inconsistency in responding to disaster relief is unacceptable, and future disaster-affected states deserve the same support he has given Alabama.
Editorial: Fox-Trump relationship unethical, dangerous
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 4, 2019
The New Yorker article shows an unethical, incredibly alarming relationship between Fox News and the Trump administration.
Editorial: Executive order for free speech would do more harm than good
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 3, 2019
The executive order is yet another swing and a miss for the Trump administration, as it manages to both fundamentally misunderstand the role of the Constitution and propose a problematic solution.
Top 10: Things Pitt should be matching
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 1, 2019
Pitt will soon match any federal Pell Grant. Here are an additional 10 things that Pitt should match and reimburse.
Editorial: Don’t ignore Cohen’s testimony
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 28, 2019
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony yesterday is something that deserves the nation’s refocused attention.
Editorial: Focus on hate crimes, not Smollett
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 27, 2019
Regardless of Smollet's alleged hoax, we have to pay more attention to dangers of hateful organizations and violent individuals.
Editorial: Trump’s gag rule unethical, harms women
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 25, 2019
The federal rule would decrease women’s access to inclusive health care and promote a dangerously edited education of all possible family-planning options.
Editorial: Human trafficking is a bigger problem than we’d like to admit
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 25, 2019
Human trafficking is a widespread, serious issue that hits closer to home than expected — including here in western Pennsylvania.
Top 10: Space Force Objectives
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 22, 2019
Get in the shuttle, loser, we’re going to make the galaxy great again. As the Space Force blasts off, here are 10 top priorities for the new military branch.
Editorial: Sanders isn’t the answer for 2020
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 21, 2019
Many Democratic contenders are running on platforms that were heavily influenced by the ideas Sanders supported in 2016. He should allow them to do so and act as their mentor, instead of insisting on carrying on his own legacy.
Editorial: Post-Gazette executive editor threatens newspaper integrity
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 20, 2019
Not only does Burris’ new assignment indicate a condonement of the whitewashing of racism, but it flies in the face of journalistic ethics.
Editorial: Don’t forget to vote in SGB election
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 19, 2019
The people we vote for will influence our lives as students in numerous ways, so it’s important to vote for candidates who will best represent us.
Editorial: The wall isn’t a national emergency
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 18, 2019
What Trump fails to recognize in all this is that there is no crisis at the border. His national emergency creates far more problems than it solves and is a complete overextension of executive powers.
Top 10: Master plan must-haves
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 15, 2019
Here are the top 10 most pressing issues to students and faculty alike that Pitt must incorporate into this master plan.
Editorial: Let’s talk about measles
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 13, 2019
States must equip children with access to vaccinations and the resources to reverse misinformation while closing loopholes that allow families to opt out of vaccination requirements for personal reasons.
Editorial: Pro-Palestine doesn’t mean anti-Semitic
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 12, 2019
The tweets, which have been decried by Democrats and Republicans alike, lacked the context of a long history of anti-Semitic tropes and offensive stereotypes.
Editorial: Adopt paid Election Day nationwide
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 10, 2019
Sandusky’s new policy is an excellent idea that will hopefully improve voter turnout, and the rest of the country should follow its lead.
Top 5 / Bottom 5: Las Palmas
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 8, 2019
Las Palmas has a cult following on campus — but is there anything they could do that would actually cause them to lose support? Read more here:
Editorial: Air quality concerns require stronger action
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 7, 2019
The number of air quality alerts issued lately is cause for great concern. It feels as if we’re sliding backwards with our air quality, and this is something we absolutely can’t allow to happen.
Editorial: Trump defies bipartisanship for border fiction
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 6, 2019
Despite the triumphs made in the last year, Trump’s address only further displayed eagerness to use falsehoods to stoke fear and xenophobic anger to accomplish his political ends.
Editorial: Big Pharma must be stopped
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 5, 2019
One company may be responsible for illegal activities that expanded and considerably worsened the opioid crisis.This kind of shameful opportunism must be stopped if we’re to have any chance at stopping a national health emergency of this magnitude.
Editorial: Northam’s racist photo is inexcusable
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 4, 2019
Northam is far too defensive of something that has no defense, and should immediately resign from office as the vast majority of his fellow Democrats demand.
Top 10: Reasons to cancel classes
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 1, 2019
From time to time, we may have to cancel classes — and here are 10 reasons why.
Editorial: Pitt needs to handle the cold better
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 31, 2019
Pitt needs a more formalized plan for cancellations due to inclement weather for the safety of its students and staff.
Editorial: City leaders must be transparent in gun control battle
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 30, 2019
If City leaders hope to try their hand at overturning decades of court precedence, City residents deserve to know more about their plan than waiting to “find out.”
Editorial: Duke professor’s email is xenophobic, discriminatory
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 28, 2019
Neely’s email, which implied that students speaking in a language other than English would be penalized, was uncalled for and xenophobic in nature. This isn’t the kind of thinking that should be welcomed or allowed at universities.
Editorial: Hosting Louis C.K. reflects badly on Pittsburgh
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 28, 2019
Louis C.K.’s presence in Pittsburgh — and the entire tour — was a mistake and an insult to women in comedy and in the audience.
Editorial | Pitt’s hazing report fails student safety
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 25, 2019
Pitt’s failure to provide anything above what is required by law is a failed commitment to student safety.
Editorial: Post-Gazette cartoons don’t speak for Pittsburgh
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 23, 2019
A string of editorial cartoons published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this past week may have left you scratching your head — and you’re in good company. Three cartoons drawn by Post-Gazette cartoonist Steve Kelley in the span of one week show a blatant disrespect for women and put into ques...
Editorial | Gallagher needs to pay it forward
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 22, 2019
Former Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg had a history of donating large portions of his retention bonuses to Pitt. It’s time Chancellor Patrick Gallagher followed suit.
Editorial: To protect Mon Valley, U.S. Steel must change
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 18, 2019
The Clairton Coke Works plant has a long history of pollution violations. With the health of local residents at stake, U.S. Steel must finally commit to improving the coke plant’s track record.
Editorial: Pitt is no place for hate
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 17, 2019
We’ve all heard slurs that target a wide range of ethnicities, religions, genders and sexual orientations. But there is no place for this kind of language at Pitt or in Pittsburgh.
Editorial | GOP hard on King, soft on Trump
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 16, 2019
The Republican leadership likely hopes their actions against King will be seen as a genuine stand against white supremacy, not something done when it is politically convenient. The GOP’s silence on Trump says otherwise.
Editorial: Trump administration threatens women’s health care
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 15, 2019
The Obama-era requirement that companies provide access to free birth control to employees seems to be temporarily safe from the Trump administration, but as always under this president, the fate of women’s health care still hangs in the balance.