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Editorial: Kathleen Kane is wasting our time

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 17, 2016

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane doesn’t seem to value her constituents’ time. During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Kane, who is currently facing criminal charges, announced she...

Editorial: Grammys highlight success of diverse Hamilton cast

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 16, 2016

After stealing the spotlight on Broadway, the cast of “Hamilton” sold its way to Monday night’s Grammys ceremony. “Hamilton” — the hip-hop and R&B rendition of the life of Alexander Hamilton...

Help women have a say in class discussions

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist • February 16, 2016

While women may dominate the college population, we are a quiet majority. Frequently, I leave a classroom as the only woman — or one of the only women — that spoke that day. Though our academic universities...

Defining feminism not purely up to elders

By Kirsten Wong / Columnist • February 15, 2016

As our generation takes the torch of feminism, we are sprinting in a new direction. Last week, prominent feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright criticized young female voters for supporting...

Editorial: Surrounding the open seat: Scalia’s death a time to reflect on political priorities

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 15, 2016

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most influential and divisive people to ever sit on the bench, died Saturday. True to form, his death has left a wave of controversy in its wake. ...

Support Arab women

By Marlo Safi / Assistant Opinions Editor • February 12, 2016

At 19, I only have a faint recollection of the sexism that imbued my traditional, Syrian upbringing. I was never hit, stoned or raped. My father never forced me to swathe myself in a black Niqab. I was...

Embrace pronouns and each other

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist • February 12, 2016

Skimming over the syllabus in my gender studies class, I noticed something new amid the usual blocks of deadlines and grading policies — a paragraph on gender-neutral pronouns. I was happily surprised...

New Barbies promote positive self-image

By Kirsten Wong / Columnist • February 12, 2016

Girls around the world wanted to look like Barbie. Now, Barbie looks like us. Last week, Mattel Inc. announced that Barbie’s reinvention will come out with an entirely new look — one that includes...

Editorial: Students must step up to improve housing conditions

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 11, 2016

By 2018, two upscale apartment buildings will stand in Oakland where two empty lots currently reside. One of those projects, from Texas developer Campus Advantage, will be a 197-unit apartment building...

Socialized health care isn’t new, hasn’t worked

By Arnaud Armstrong / Columnist • February 11, 2016

When the Affordable Care Act passed six years ago, the issue of health care in America was supposed to be resolved. It wasn’t. Since the passage of the ACA, the cost of health insurance premiums has...