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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
All content by Jason Henriquez
Opinion | Stand up for sex workers: Cancel the hackathon

Opinion | Stand up for sex workers: Cancel the hackathon

By Jason Henriquez, Staff Columnist
March 19, 2019
Elyse Jones waters marijuana clones at the Harborside Health Center medical marijuana dispensary on May 14, 2015, in San Jose, California. Medical marijuana has been legalized in 32 states thanks to pressures from criminal justice reform proponents, civil rights groups and drug policy reform advocates.

Opinion | Thank the people, not the politicians

By Jason Henriquez, Staff Columnist
February 12, 2019
On Jan. 23, protesters in Schenley Plaza advocated for Juan Guaido over Nicolas Maduro.

Opinion | Venezuelan crisis shouldn’t be US opportunity

By Jason Henriquez, Staff Columnist
January 30, 2019
Members of the LGBTQ+ community protested the choice of Kevin Hart as this year’s host of the Oscars because of a series of tweets in 2010 and 2011 and his subsequent response to them.

Opinion | Point-Counterpoint: Nobody needs to forgive Kevin Hart

By Jason Henriquez, Staff Columnist
January 13, 2019
Then-deputy Jair Bolsonaro argued with Maria do Rosario during a general commission in the Chamber of Deputies while discussing violence against women.

Bolsonaro: fascist dictator masquerading as president

By Jason Henriquez, Staff Columnist
November 6, 2018
An Amazon worker scans items with a handheld device before putting them in storage pods maneuvered by robots. Amazon announced its plan to roll out a $15-an-hour minimum wage for all of its U.S. employees.

Amazon wage increase is not good enough

By Jason Henriquez, For The Pitt News
October 9, 2018
(Illustration by Maria Heines | Staff Illustrator)

New Pa. prison policies only oppress prisoners

By Jason Henriquez, For The Pitt News
September 18, 2018
Several thousand people gathered in Minneapolis this June to call for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after policies enacted by the Trump administration separated migrant children from their parents.

Beyond reform: Abolish ICE

By Jason Henriquez, For The Pitt News
September 16, 2018
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