Editorials Archives - Page 90 of 118

Editorial: State trooper’s self-audit lacks transparency

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 4, 2015

The Pennsylvania State Police ruled all but 1 percent of its shootings justifiable. How did the department arrive at those results? It evaluated and audited itself. Of the at least 120 intentional...

Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 1, 2015

Cow on the moose For the past several months, a runaway cow has caused udder chaos in New Hartford, New York. Police recently placed a headlock feeder along a road where the cow has been spotted to beef...

Editorial: We can’t leave paid leave to business will

September 30, 2015

When it comes to providing paid leave, relying on the good nature of business owners is a gamble too large to risk. On Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio became the first GOP candidate to release a plan for providing...

Editorial: City-wide effort needed to welcome refugees

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 29, 2015

As the Syrian civil war continues to devastate everything in its path, thousands of Syrians are fleeing one insecurity for the next, as the risks of staying overrun the perils of the journey out. The...

Editorial: Pope’s tour: Learning opportunity for Congress

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 28, 2015

Yesterday marked the last day of Pope Francis’ United States tour. As the hundreds of thousands of revellers are now leaving our state with visions of the papal and kissed babies still fresh in their...

Editorial: Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 24, 2015

Explosive resignations A disgruntled Vermont chocolate factory worker made it clear Monday night that he was no longer having a blast at work — so he called in a bomb threat. Kristofer Pregent, aka...

Editorial: Martin Shkreli personifies healthcare issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 23, 2015

There’s a reason why the United States spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation in the world — and that reason is people like Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli. Shkreli...

Editorial: PA’s language proposal will unfairly limit minority residents

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 22, 2015

Pennsylvania is facing a budget crisis, and Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette) thinks he has found the solution — make English the official language of the state. On Monday, the House Committee held a hearing...

Editorial: Transparency needed to curb sexual assault

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 21, 2015

The White House is right. It’s on us — all of us — to solve the issue of sexual assault. Pitt voluntarily joined the national movement against rape culture last spring, when it and 27 other universities...

Editorial: Planned Parenthood freeze has chilling consequences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 21, 2015

Congress has put Planned Parenthood in timeout — deciding to freeze its funding after the House Judiciary Committee’s first hearing, “Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices...