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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Grant Van Robays, Senior Staff Columnist

Originally from the plains of Omaha, Nebraska (a.k.a. “Flyover country”), Grant is a newcomer to Pittsburgh as a first year graduate student pursuing a Masters degree in Public and International Affairs with a concentration on human security. He like to write about international and national affairs, as well as human rights and social issues, especially those pertaining to race, culture, and class. Outside of writing, Grant enjoy any and all sports, especially the Minnesota Vikings (sorry Steelers fans!)

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Jackie Robinson swings a bat in a Dodgers uniform in 1954.

Opinion | Remember Jackie Robinson for his life outside of baseball

By Grant Van Robays, Senior Staff Columnist
April 13, 2023
In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine.

Opinion | A war crime is a war crime

By Grant Van Robays, Senior Staff Columnist
March 22, 2023
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House Chamber after President Joe Bidens State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.

Opinion | Republican political tactics show the party still doesn’t care about antisemitism

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
February 17, 2023
Opinion | The United States should reduce its defense budget, focus on real security issues

Opinion | The United States should reduce its defense budget, focus on real security issues

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
January 17, 2023
Opinion | After national tragedies, resist indifference and turn to action

Opinion | After national tragedies, resist indifference and turn to action

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
December 4, 2022
Officials gather for a group photograph, with Qatars emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, third left, and Kuwaits emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, center, at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Kuwait City in December 2017.

Opinion | Qatar kicks aside human rights as host of the World Cup

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
November 11, 2022
Opinion | Democracy demands our due diligence before voting

Opinion | Democracy demands our due diligence before voting

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
November 2, 2022
A memorial in Montréal for the victims of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016.

Opinion | The groomer moral panic has fatal consequences

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
October 23, 2022
John Davis, former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, leaves the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi in September.

Opinion | Mississippi welfare scandal reveals deep flaws in social safety net

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
October 9, 2022
Altoona Curve coach Salvador Paniagua, left, congratulates Logan Hill on his fourth-inning home run against the Erie SeaWolves during a Double-A baseball game in Erie, Pa. on July 12, 2019.

Opinion | Minor League Baseball hits homerun for workers’ rights with new union representation

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist
September 29, 2022
Laborers carry produce as they wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan, in July.

Opinion | Pakistan drowns while world offers little more than condolences

By Grant Van Robays, For The Pitt News
September 23, 2022
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