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Editorial | The United States needs to medically insure more people — not fewer

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • April 3, 2023

A Texas judge’s ruling that eliminates the requirement that private health insurers fully cover preventive care services at no cost to patients goes against the wellbeing of Americans.

Opinion | Diary of a reformed ‘pick-me’ — they don’t truly exist

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist • April 3, 2023

The hypocrisy of calling people “pick-me girls.”

Opinion | Delaware River chemical spill shows how companies continue to harm people and the planet

By Lynnette Tibbott, Staff Columnist • April 3, 2023

The issue of chemical disasters will not go away unless the government and companies spend the extra cost on more intensive prevention methods.

Opinion | What even are feminine tattoos?

By Emily O'Neil, Staff Columnist • March 30, 2023

There are gendered stereotypes in the tattoo industry representative of a sexist and gendered history of tattoos.

Opinion | ‘The Hunger Games’ doesn’t suck

By Lynnette Tibbott, Staff Columnist • March 30, 2023

“The Hunger Games” is more than a tale of rebellion — it’s a social commentary about what we lose when we “win.”

Editorial | School shooting threats should not be the norm

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 30, 2023

The recent hoax threats to local Catholic schools should not be the norm and that people should feel safe going to school.

Editorial | Decision to keep English Language Institute open proves University must listen to students’ concerns

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 29, 2023

The decision to keep the English Language Institute for another year shows that the University must listen to its students, especially with new leadership coming in.

Opinion | The dating apps work! You’re just using them wrong

By Paige Wasserman, Senior Staff Columnist • March 28, 2023

How to find a boo with the help of Hinge or Bumble.

Satire | ‘Silenced’ conservative voices found to actually be really loud and annoying

By Thomas Riley, Staff Columnist • March 28, 2023

To ensure the student body knew how silenced they are, TPUSA tabled in the Towers’ lobby to advertise their speakers, whose events the University never had any intention of canceling. Fearing their voices may be too quiet — or god forbid, silent — the organization hooked up a microphone and amp to blast their voices at volumes one might only expect to hear when standing on an airline runway

Poetic Satire | Dear liberals, do as I say

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist • March 28, 2023

Columnist Anita Bengert explores the hypocrisy of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act through poetry.