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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...