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Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist

Devi is a Senior Staff Columnist at The Pitt News. She’s a senior studying political science and she mainly writes columns about politics (go figure).

You can contact her to share your hot takes about politics, comedy, where to find the best iced chai or just to yell at her at [email protected].

All content by Devi Ruia
Satire | Three days of election night, from a stressed-out poli sci major

Satire | Three days of election night, from a stressed-out poli sci major

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
November 6, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally event during his Tuesday visit to Atlanta.

Opinion | Democrats — vote, donate, volunteer

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
October 27, 2020
Demonstrators gathered in December 2019 outside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to protest President Donald Trump, who visited Pittsburgh to speak at the annual Shale Insight Conference.

Opinion | Trump’s a racist — vote him out

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
October 4, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Opinion | Honor RBG’s wishes — No confirmation until inauguration

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
September 20, 2020
Opinion | I am once again asking you to make a voting plan

Opinion | I am once again asking you to make a voting plan

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
September 13, 2020
Opinion | South Asians must acknowledge anti-Black attitudes before claiming Kamala Harris

Opinion | South Asians must acknowledge anti-Black attitudes before claiming Kamala Harris

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
August 23, 2020
Opinion | Veepstakes: Ranking Biden’s possible VP picks, take two

Opinion | Veepstakes: Ranking Biden’s possible VP picks, take two

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
July 14, 2020
Opinion | Veepstakes: Ranking Biden’s potential VP picks

Opinion | Veepstakes: Ranking Biden’s potential VP picks

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
May 19, 2020
Voters drop off their presidential primary mail-in ballots at a drop box at King County Elections in Renton, Washington, on March 10.

Opinion | You’ve got mail(-in ballots)

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
April 13, 2020
Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes from Zoom University

Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes from Zoom University

By Leah Mensch, Josh Beylinson, Alex Dolinger, Paige Lawler, Devi Ruia, and Julia Kreutzer
March 29, 2020
Mindy Kaling plays novice comedy writer Molly Patel in a scene from "Late Night."

Opinion | Move over, Chad: The importance of representation on-screen

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
March 24, 2020
Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes of sheer boredom

Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes of sheer boredom

By Devi Ruia, Michael Clifford, Leah Mensch, Maggie Durwald, Julia Kreutzer, Alex Dolinger, Paige Lawler, and Josh Beylinson
March 22, 2020
President Donald Trump takes questions at a news conference about the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic at the White House March 13 in Washington, D.C. Trump is facing a national health emergency as COVID-19 cases continue to rise and 30 people have died from the virus in the United States, according to The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Opinion | Trump’s coronavirus response sucks

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
March 15, 2020
Opinion | Win with Warren

Opinion | Win with Warren

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
March 1, 2020
Opinion | Female-led production companies are changing Hollywood for the better

Opinion | Female-led production companies are changing Hollywood for the better

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
February 17, 2020
In the Iowa Caucus, Pete Buttigieg (pictured) received 26.2% of the votes, and Bernie Sanders received 26.1%.

Opinion | “IOWAit” a better primary system

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
February 9, 2020
Democratic presidential hopefuls participate in the sixth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on Dec. 19, 2019.

Opinion | Democrats — unify or die

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
January 26, 2020
Opinion | Australia is burning — it’s time to get fired up about climate change

Opinion | Australia is burning — it’s time to get fired up about climate change

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
January 13, 2020
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on Dec. 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C., during a weekly news conference.

Opinion | Spotify Wrapped: American politics of the decade edition

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
January 6, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., greets the crowd at a campaign rally at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa, on Feb. 23.

Opinion | The end of Kamala Harris’ campaign is a big loss for Americans

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
December 4, 2019
Activist Ady Barkan recently endorsed presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.

Opinion | Ady Barkan shows us that we have no excuse not to engage in activism

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
December 2, 2019
Opinion | The struggles of growing up with an ethnic name

Opinion | The struggles of growing up with an ethnic name

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
November 7, 2019
Opinion | Ellen’s monologue about Bush shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the problem

Opinion | Ellen’s monologue about Bush shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the problem

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
October 14, 2019
Opinion | The politics of impeachment won't destroy Democrats

Opinion | The politics of impeachment won’t destroy Democrats

By Devi Ruia, Staff Columnist
September 30, 2019
Opinion | Impeach Justice Kavanaugh

Opinion | Impeach Justice Kavanaugh

By Devi Ruia, Staff Columnist
September 24, 2019
Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at a round table discussion and press conference at the Georgia state capitol on May 16 to discuss abortion bans in Georgia and across the country. Georgia was the fourth state this year to pass anti-abortion "heartbeat" legislation.

Opinion | Candidate “electability” argument isn’t relevant

By Devi Ruia, Staff Columnist
May 28, 2019
“Game of Thrones” production still.

Opinion | “Game of Thrones” Characters as 2020 Presidential Candidates

By Devi Ruia, Staff Columnist
April 18, 2019
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has thrown his hat in the race for the 2020 presidential election.

Opinion | Don’t discount Mayor Pete

By Devi Ruia, Staff Columnist
April 1, 2019
Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a campaign rally in Glendale, California, on Feb. 18. Warren is running for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.

Opinion | Bust the filibuster

By Devi Ruia, For The Pitt News
March 4, 2019
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia.

Opinion | Gillibrand’s ‘Women-Plus’ campaign is exactly what we need right now

By Devi Ruia, For The Pitt News
February 21, 2019
Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax talks on Feb. 2 about the allegations of sexual assault and the possibility of him becoming the next governor of Virginia.

Opinion | Virginia needs to get it together

By Devi Ruia, For The Pitt News
February 10, 2019
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