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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

Opinion | Stop making me watch women get hurt

Opinion | Stop making me watch women get hurt

By Anna Ehlers, Contributing Editor March 15, 2023
Even when depicted as a condemnation, explicit violence on screen just allows the audience to enjoy watching that violence.
Opinion | International Women’s Day annoys me

Opinion | International Women’s Day annoys me

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor March 14, 2023
In theory, International Women’s Day is a great idea. But when you are actively aware of the performativity inherent to the “holiday,” it loses all its luster. 
Ke Huy Quan, winner of the best supporting actor award, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Editorial | The real winners and losers at this year’s Oscars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 14, 2023
The best and worst winners and losers at this year’s Academy Awards.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. stands with Denise Rucker Krepp, a former advisory neighborhood commission member, as he holds a ceremony to nullify the D.C. crime bill on Friday, March 10, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Editorial | Congress voting down D.C. crime law shows the district needs statehood

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 13, 2023
While the District of Columbia has 712,816 residents — higher than the populations of Vermont and Wyoming and comparable with states such as Delaware and Alaska — it doesn’t have statehood. 
Opinion | Scientifically speaking, go read a book

Opinion | Scientifically speaking, go read a book

By Lynnette Tibbott, Senior Staff Columnist March 12, 2023
It may sound traditional, but you should put down your phone and pick up a book. Even if you don’t want to or if it’s hard to fit into your schedule, reading is perhaps the most simple way you can prioritize your health. 
Opinion | A reflection on what it means to be home

Opinion | A reflection on what it means to be home

By Thomas Riley, Staff Columnist March 12, 2023
Home is difficult and shocking, but it’s where we grow. My life in my old home is finished. None remains but old memories, preserved for me to walk through like a museum. Labels hang on each and every door — one reads, “Mall Food Court (2017-2021) / Remember that one time?”
Opinion | Trust your anesthesia team

Opinion | Trust your anesthesia team

By Harsh Hiwase, Senior Staff Columnist March 3, 2023
Medicine and healthcare is an enterprise built on trust. Anesthesia is the pinnacle of this trust.
This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis.

Editorial | Pharmaceutical companies should follow Eli Lilly’s lead in cutting out-of-pocket medication prices

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 3, 2023
Other pharmaceutical companies should cut medication prices like insulin because it saves lives.
Israelis are seen from above a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government that his opponents say threaten democracy and freedoms, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023

Opinion | Israel’s modification of its judicial system has negative implications for democracy

By Rachel Soloff, Opinions Editor March 3, 2023
Despite most Israelis being vehemently opposed to it, the Likud party’s weakening of the Supreme Court has negative implications for the state of democracy in Israel.
A supporter holds up a flag while atop a stoplight as protesters walk below during a rally and march in support of Palestinians in Chicago in response to an ongoing assault between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East on Sunday, May 16, 2021.

Opinion | Americans’ silence on apartheid can’t continue

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist March 1, 2023
The U.S.’s financial stakes in the occupation of Palestine make it the only country where support for Israel is presented as neutral or even progressive.
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