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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Editorial: We can’t leave paid leave to business will

September 30, 2015

When it comes to providing paid leave, relying on the good nature of business owners is a gamble too large to risk. On Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio became the first GOP candidate to release a plan for providing...

Syrian refugee Fadi Adris, center, and his sons Abdel Hamid, rear, and Osama are adjusting to life in Chicago. They are seen in their North Side apartment on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Editorial: City-wide effort needed to welcome refugees

By The Pitt News Editorial Board September 29, 2015

As the Syrian civil war continues to devastate everything in its path, thousands of Syrians are fleeing one insecurity for the next, as the risks of staying overrun the perils of the journey out. The...

NBCs Brian Williams hosts the Democratic Presidential debate at Drexel University in October 2007 in Philadelphia. (James Berglie/Zuma Press/TNS)

Brian Williams won’t make MSNBC more objective

By Matt Moret / Columnist September 29, 2015

When your sole job requirement is to deliver information to millions of people every night, the audience’s trust matters. In January, Brian Williams, then anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” lost that...

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Political disorder: Confessions of an accidentally ethnocentric American

By Courtney Linder / Senior Columnist September 28, 2015

The Hot Tea: A Pitt student’s ramblings and amblings abroad When you pack up everything you’ve known for the past two decades and trade it for four months “across the pond,” you quickly discover...

Pope Francis blesses Carlos Lepy during his visit to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. (Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Editorial: Pope’s tour: Learning opportunity for Congress

By The Pitt News Editorial Board September 28, 2015

Yesterday marked the last day of Pope Francis’ United States tour. As the hundreds of thousands of revellers are now leaving our state with visions of the papal and kissed babies still fresh in their...

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush chat before the start of the debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Give third party politics a chance

By Andrew Boschert / Columnist September 24, 2015

What do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common? The obvious answer is very little — but they do share one important distinction. The media perceives both as being anti-establishment. One, a...

Editorial: Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board September 24, 2015

Explosive resignations A disgruntled Vermont chocolate factory worker made it clear Monday night that he was no longer having a blast at work — so he called in a bomb threat. Kristofer Pregent, aka...

Martin Shkreli | Via Martin Shkrelis Twitter profile

Editorial: Martin Shkreli personifies healthcare issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board September 23, 2015

There’s a reason why the United States spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation in the world — and that reason is people like Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli. Shkreli...

Higher education: Drug & alcohol problem requires treatment, not punishment

By Kirsten Wong / For The Pitt News September 23, 2015

According to popular media, college life includes over-the-top parties, unlimited freedom, acceptance of drugs and alcohol and, occasionally, a class or two. This is best portrayed in movies like “22...

Maddy Kameny | Staff Illustrator

Anti-Muslim sentiment: Forgotten remnant of 9/11

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist September 22, 2015

Within a week of the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a homemade clock in Irving, Texas reminded us of the anti-Muslim sentiment piercing our country. On Sept. 16, 14-year-old Texan, Ahmed Mohamed,...

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