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Opinion | How did this happen?

By Thomas Riley and Livia LaMarca • November 8, 2024

Thomas and I spent most of the election night texting back and forth. We both started out decently hopeful, but quickly our messages got more and more frantic as we slowly watched Kamala Harris lose the election.

Opinion | Intimacy is not reserved for romantic relationships

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • November 8, 2024

Chances are, during college, you’re going to crash out over nothing and live in a cycle of questioning everything — from box-dyeing your hair to completely changing your career path. The beautiful part of this absolute mess is your friends are going through the same thing, so let them in.

Opinion | Stop promoting gambling

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • November 5, 2024

In 2014, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver authored an op-ed for the New York Times in favor of legalizing sports betting. This was a relatively shocking take at the time, but sports gambling embarked on a meteoric rise since the 2018 repealing of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. In 2023 alone, the industry took in a record $11 billion in revenue, an increase of nearly 45% from the previous year.

Opinion | We still do not need a new 76ers arena

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • November 5, 2024

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column on the new 76ers arena. Since then, there have been a few updates on the legislation — and I still think it is a terrible idea.

Opinion | Billionaires don’t belong in newsrooms

By Grace Longworth, Contributing Editor • November 4, 2024

His personal decision not to endorse Harris all sounds well-reasoned — as long as you’re ignoring the billions of dollars in contracts Bezos currently holds with the federal government.

Editorial | Who to blame while waiting for election results

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 4, 2024

In the not-unlikely scenario that you are sitting at home on Thursday night watching CNN and wondering why our lousy state is still an undecided gray on the map, make sure you know who to get angry at.

Opinion | The immorality of fake news

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • November 1, 2024

Considering that our government is a democracy and people draw upon their opinions and knowledge to vote for their desired candidate, knowingly publishing fake news is entirely immoral. It’s a new kind of taking advantage — robbing someone blind of their right to informed decision making.

Op-Ed | Pennsylvania residents need to pay attention to energy discussions, even outside of presidential election years

By Grace DeLallo, Pitt News Alumnus • November 1, 2024

While it would be wonderful if we had presidential candidates that support a more aggressive transition to renewables and advocate for protective measures, only an act of Congress could nationally ban fracking. The president doesn’t have that kind of authority, and most protective action that’s come down the pipeline has been at a municipal, county and state level.

Opinion | Halloween doesn’t give you a get-out-of jail-free card for fast fashion

By Brynn Murawski, Staff Columnist • October 29, 2024

Until this year, I bought my Halloween costumes like anyone else — I often sourced the items from SHEIN, Cider or Amazon, or relied on a pre-packed look from Spirit Halloween.

Editorial | What it actually means to campaign on podcasts

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 29, 2024

Presidential hopefuls Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have caused a decent stir over the last couple of weeks. We are a mere seven days before the election, and both campaigns have picked up the pace.