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Editorial | The real winners and losers at this year’s Oscars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 14, 2023

The best and worst winners and losers at this year’s Academy Awards.

Editorial | Congress voting down D.C. crime law shows the district needs statehood

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 13, 2023

While the District of Columbia has 712,816 residents — higher than the populations of Vermont and Wyoming and comparable with states such as Delaware and Alaska — it doesn’t have statehood.

Editorial | Pharmaceutical companies should follow Eli Lilly’s lead in cutting out-of-pocket medication prices

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 3, 2023

Other pharmaceutical companies should cut medication prices like insulin because it saves lives.

Editorial | Shipwreck in Italy carrying migrants shows that European politicians must take migration seriously

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 28, 2023

The shipwreck off of Italy shows how we need to take migration seriously, especially as more and more people are displaced by conflict.

Editorial | What your spring break destination says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 26, 2023

Students, we know you’re tired of the semester, but thankfully spring break kicks off on March 5. All you need to do is power through this week and you’re free… well, at least for seven days. You absolutely deserve a break, but where you spend that time definitely says something about you — but what? Let’s take a look.

Editorial | The neo-Nazi protest at ‘Parade’ has far-reaching consequences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 23, 2023

The neo-Nazis who protested outside of the Broadway show ‘Parade’ are using the antisemitic tropes discussed in the show as fuel to their fire, which is extremely dangerous.

Editorial | Pennsylvania governor made the right decision to oppose death penalty

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 20, 2023

But after hundreds of years and more than a thousand people killed, Pennsylvania’s governor is paving the way to change history.

Editorial | The New York Times’ coverage of transgender people is biased

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 17, 2023

The letter to the New York Times' editor criticizing their coverage of transgender people is justified.

Editorial | The train derailment sets a dangerous precedent for our environment

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 14, 2023

The train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the lack of government response sets a negative precedent for the future of our environment.

Editorial | We stand with Temple’s striking graduate students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 13, 2023

At the end of January, graduate students at Temple University — a school with about 10,000 graduate students — took to the street to peacefully demand better benefits. Their efforts were met with increasing resistance from the university, which withheld tuition and health care benefits for about 100 graduate students on strike.