Mass shootings in America often get the most attention in debates on gun control. But there’s another big issue we don’t talk about enough: suicide. Data shows that suicide rates have reached an...

After the resignation of Police Chief Cameron McLay in early November 2016, Mayor Bill Peduto gave the new acting police chief, Scott Schubert, 90 days to prove himself worthy of the position. As it turns...

Pitt announced a new contract with the pharmaceutical company Bayer on Jan. 11. The contract will unite Bayer and the School of Medicine to research early indications of heart, lung and blood disease....

Building the wall along the Mexican border will lead to reopening the steel mills What’s that you say? There’s no steel to mill? Well, we’ll worry about that later. We’ll probably steel...

For many federal agencies, the Trump era began in total darkness this week. White House staff shocked government employees Monday with a hiring freeze that came closely after the removal of official...

While the media and activists have concentrated their passions and attention on the Dakota Access Pipeline over the past few months, other pipelines have been getting a free pass. Since late November,...

Dear Pitt News Editorial Board,   This past week, The Pitt News Editorial Board published an editorial titled “Pittsburgh says it’s committed to immigrants, it’s time to show it.” Such...

Before Donald Trump had even been sworn in as the next President of the United States, Pennsylvania Sen. Daylin Leach began a push to oppose the new administration's influence through the democratic channels...

The United States is in major need of an educational revamp. More than a few presidential administrations have come and gone without making significant or impactful changes in education reform. And...

Though the U.S. is a secular nation, if you want to be a politician in America, you have to believe in something. A full 51 percent of Americans say they would be less likely to support an openly atheist...