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Editorial | Were ABC’s moderators harder on Trump?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 13, 2024

During Tuesday’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, ABC’s moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis introduced an element to the debate that was absent from Trump’s faceoff with Biden on CNN — mid-debate fact-checking.

Opinion | Is Kamala still brat?

By Danae Poteat, Senior Staff Columnist • September 11, 2024

A bridge between pop culture and politics was made by this lone tweet, and Gen Z was willing to cross that bridge. Being brat is ultimately subjective, but in this case, it means to be cool, an “it girl.” Charli XCX tweeting “kamala IS brat” expanded the definition of what it means to be brat.

Opinion | Stop questioning Kamala Harris’s identity

By Grace Harris, Senior Staff Columnist • September 10, 2024

I am tired of acting like Vice President Kamala Harris’s race doesn't already play a large role in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. In recent weeks, it has been hard to find a headline that doesn't mention, question or weaponize her race.

Opinion | Brat summer is over — it’s time for adventurous autumn

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • September 9, 2024

Are you up for an adventure this autumn season? Curating a fall playlist or any playlist related to a specific season is a fun thing to do, and if you do not have a playlist for this amazing autumn season coming up, make one!

Opinion | How D.C. changed my perspective

By Emily O'Neil, Senior Staff Columnist • September 6, 2024

I’m an advocate for believing that every season of life brings you something to improve upon yourself, and the version of you keeps changing and growing. How wonderful is it to think of life that way?

Opinion | Hold your idols accountable. Their silence is deafening.

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • September 6, 2024

It becomes infuriating to think about the celebrities our nation deifies standing idly by, accumulating wealth they will never spend, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the violence and cries of occupation, colonialism and genocide.

Opinion | Leave Gus Walz Alone

By Grace Harris, Senior Staff Columnist • September 3, 2024

If you were following the recent Democratic National Convention that took place in Chicago this year, I am sure you are aware of Gus Walz's heartfelt reaction to his father Tim Walz's acceptance speech.

Editorial | Pitt Police must do better with emergency notifications

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 3, 2024

Over this past weekend, three major crimes took place on and around Pitt’s campus and on Duquesne University’s campus. Students who heard the news from friends and family members or social media applications like X, formerly known as Twitter, eagerly awaited for Pitt’s Emergency Notification System to tell us to stay clear of the sites. But no notifications ever came.

Opinion | I am ready for fall and you should be too

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • September 3, 2024

My love for fall is over-the-top. It is undoubtedly the best season.

Opinion | Third parties are disingenuous and ineffective

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • September 3, 2024

If third parties want to actually win — as many I am sure want to do — the way they are going about it is all wrong.