Op-Ed | Grappling with systemic racism
By Jack Daniel, Retired Pitt administrator
July 7, 2020
Jack Daniel, the first chair of Pitt’s Africana Studies department, says in an op-ed that we in America, and at Pitt, must confront an elephant in the room.
Letter to the Editor | Hold racist white women accountable
By Taylor Robinson, Rising Pitt Senior
July 7, 2020
Taylor Robinson argues in a letter to the editor that white women labeled as “Karens” are neither victims of cancel culture nor unprecedented times.
Op-Ed | Working to tell the story right
By Don Marbury, former Editor-in-Chief of The Pitt News
June 23, 2020
Rev. Don Marbury, the first Black editor-in-chief of The Pitt News, reflects on his experience during the Black Action Society’s 1969 Cathedral of Learning sit-in.
Op-Ed | Pitt Anthropology grad students, alumni stand with Black Lives Matter
By Courtney Besaw, Anika Jugovic Spajic, Alexa Kellogg and Ognjen Kojanic
June 23, 2020
The settler-colonial history of this country that continues to shape racial hierarchies must be confronted critically in order to create a truly equitable society. We cannot and will not stay silent.
Letter to the editor | Africana Studies as a resource for Black studies courses on campus
By Yolanda Covington-Ward, chair of the Department of Africana Studies
June 16, 2020
Yolanda Covington-Ward, the chair of the Department of Africana Studies, asks students in a letter to the editor why they have or have not taken Africana Studies classes.
Op-ed | A word of caution to students about Outlier courses
By Melinda Ciccocioppo, Psychology Lecturer
June 16, 2020
As an instructor of Introduction to Psychology at Pitt, I’d like to make you aware of some very big differences between the Intro to Psychology course that Outlier is offering and the Introduction to Psychology courses that Pitt offers outside of this contract with Outlier.
Op-ed | Commendable ESG reports will need transparency
By Danny Doucette, Ph.D. Candidate in Physics
June 16, 2020
Reinvestments, which should be made in consultation with stakeholders like the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition and the Pitt community, should also be outlined in the report.
Letter from the editor | We must capitalize the B
By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief
June 16, 2020
We will implement a new style rule, beginning immediately, to capitalize Black, as we should have done long ago. This change may seem small, but it’s not.
Op-Ed | Our Voices Must Be Heard
By Nana Gyabaah-Kessie, president of the African Students Organization; Blya Ange Krouba, vice president of the African Students Organization; Cameron Clarke, president of the Caribbean and Latin American Students Association
June 9, 2020
How can we be calm when we are constantly harmed mentally and physically? How do we reclaim our inherent titles as Kings and Queens when we are viewed as dishonorable and shameful? As black people, WE ARE TIRED.
Op-Ed | It’s time for Africa to be the change
By Rahmat Obanikoro, WAZOBIA Logistics Chair of the African Students Organization; Nana Gyabaah-Kessie, president of the African Students Organization
June 9, 2020
Uwa’s story is the one we speak of today. But there have been many before her, and we hope that she will be the last.