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Grant refugees safe, affordable travel

By Courtney Linder / Senior Columnist • October 26, 2015

“The Hot Tea” is a weekly column dedicated to unearthing the intricacies of London’s social, political and millennial issues in context of Pittsburgh’s own complex culture. LONDON — A refugee’s...

Standardized testing perpetuates educational inequality

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 26, 2015

For years, students have suffered the brunt of standardized testing, and the Obama administration wants to put an end to that anguish. On Saturday, the White House posted a video to Facebook pledging...

Restrictive legislation threatens voting rights

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist • October 23, 2015

Every time I call home, the conversation follows the same route. Once my dad gets past the pleasantries, he dives into what he really wants to talk about, the presidential election. Within three minutes,...

Editorial: Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 23, 2015

Mac attack On Wednesday, the University of Connecticut issued a no trespassing order to former student Luke Gatti after his drunken, obscene pursuit of macaroni and cheese grated on food service workers’...

No, I won’t stop whining about the pay gap

By Courtney Linder / Senior Columnist • October 21, 2015

“The Hot Tea” is a weekly column dedicated to unearthing the intricacies of London’s social, political and millennial issues in context of Pittsburgh’s own complex culture. The dairy aisle is...

Editorial: Environmental justice requires more than reviews

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 21, 2015

Many environmentalists thought when Tom Corbett left the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in January, his silver shield around oil and gas companies left with him. Yet, oil and gas companies are just...

Q and A: Jackie Fuchs of ‘The Runaways’ talks about her experience with sexual assault

By Marlo Safi / Columnist • October 21, 2015

It was New Year’s Eve, 1975, and The Runaways — the all-girl rock band founded by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joan Jett — had just finished their last set at Wild Man Sam’s, a small club in Orange...

Recognize the bystander effect: Combating the bystander effect begins with conversation

By Marlo Safi / Columnist • October 21, 2015

Editor's note: This column complements a Q and A The Pitt News conducted with Jackie Fuchs, of "The Runaways." For the Q and A with Jackie Fuchs, see "Q and A: Jackie Fuchs of "The Runaways" talks about...

Whistleblowers provide service, deserve protection

By Matt Moret / Columnist • October 20, 2015

Last week’s Democratic debate contained few moments of total consensus. Of course, the exception was when moderator Anderson Cooper asked if former NSA contractor Edward Snowden should go to jail. All...

Editorial: Republican candidates’ tax proposals out-of-touch

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 20, 2015

If you haven’t heard Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., complain about how little the “billionaire class” pays in taxes by now, you might as well have never heard him speak at all. “Let...