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Editorial: GOP candidates should attack sexism, not wives

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 27, 2016

Republican presidential candidates have decided to trade the debate stage for social media’s spotlight. Last week, an anti-Trump SuperPAC called Make America Awesome began circulating an ad featuring...

Letter to the Editor

By J.J. Abbott • March 27, 2016

To the Editor: As both a proud Pitt alumnus and someone who has long followed our state funding, I was disappointed by The Pitt News editorial regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to let the budget and...

Falling into feminism

By Stephen Caruso / Senior Columnist • March 24, 2016

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, so I was in my happy place — on a porch, smoking a cigar and reading the news — until one story soured my mood. The New York Times’ analytics page, The Upshot,...

Editorial: Casual Friday

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 24, 2016

Look, daddy, I’m a criminal After police in North Carolina pulled a motorist over for driving with a broken taillight, they discovered a shocking history of crime. In 2002, authorities posted an arrest...

Editorial: Gov. Wolf must not repeat inactions next fiscal year

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 23, 2016

Pennsylvania schools and social-service agencies can finally take a sigh of relief. After nine months of nonexistent cooperation among the Republican House, Senate and Gov. Tom Wolf, the Pennsylvania...

Trump is a catastrophe for conservatism

By Arnaud Armstrong / Columnist • March 23, 2016

Making America great again starts with principled conservatives, and ends with Donald Trump. Our country has faced a shrinking middle class, skyrocketing debt and an international standing that has been...

Under the Covers: Turning off bisexual erasure

By Bridget Montgomery / For The Pitt News • March 22, 2016

Here’s a riddle: What’s always horny, can’t be tamed and doesn’t exist? If you guessed society’s skewed impression of bisexual people, you’re right! If you guessed unicorn, you’re also right....

Editorial: Protecting student media protects students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 22, 2016

School policy and newspapers shouldn’t mix. The Michigan state Senate’s Judiciary Committee passed a student press freedom bill Tuesday that aims to protect student media from school censorship. If...

Letter to the Editor

By Ilya Yashin • March 22, 2016

To the Editor: Milo Yiannopoulos’ event at Pitt left me agitated and baffled — but not for the reasons one would imagine. The litany of claims and accusations is familiar by now: racism, misogyny,...

Editorial: Obama’s visit to Cuba sparks necessary discussion

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 21, 2016

President Obama’s Cuba visit this week was met with cheers and jeers, but his trip makes room for a conversation all Americans should consider. After nearly six decades, an American president has ended...