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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.

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.

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.

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.

Opinion | Response to Ohio train derailment reminds us that government, companies treat life as expendable

By Lynnette Tibbott, Staff Columnist • February 28, 2023

The issues of environmental and public health disasters are not going to fade away. Unless we demand accountability from our government and the companies responsible, they will continue to treat all life as expendable.

Opinion | Liberals need to stop censoring books too

By Paul Beer, Staff Columnist • February 28, 2023

All book censorship is wrong, even when it promotes “inclusion.”

Editorial | Shipwreck in Italy carrying migrants shows that European politicians must take migration seriously

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 28, 2023

The shipwreck off of Italy shows how we need to take migration seriously, especially as more and more people are displaced by conflict.

Opinion | Sinead O’Dwyer’s show at London Fashion Week shows that diversity in high fashion is important

By Kelly Xiong, Staff Columnist • February 27, 2023

As London Fashion Week came to an end, one show had people talking — Sinéad O’Dwyer’s. The show was incredibly diverse, featuring models of all sizes and races — something underrepresented in luxury fashion.

Editorial | What your spring break destination says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 26, 2023

Students, we know you’re tired of the semester, but thankfully spring break kicks off on March 5. All you need to do is power through this week and you’re free… well, at least for seven days. You absolutely deserve a break, but where you spend that time definitely says something about you — but what? Let’s take a look.

Opinion | OCD isn’t what you think it is, and TV is to blame

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist • February 26, 2023

Though I’ve struggled with OCD my whole life, I only received a formal diagnosis about a year ago. Part of the reason it took so long was that I didn’t fully understand OCD, and that’s because I never saw it represented anywhere — or, rather, I never saw it represented accurately anywhere. I thought it was just about being neat and clean and freaking out if things aren’t in their place, and although this can definitely be part of it, it’s not everything.