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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

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist

Sofia Uriagereka is a senior majoring in Anthropology. She writes primarily about politics, both domestic and international.

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A protester holds a “Free Palestine” sign at the “Hands Off Yemen” protest on January 15th.

Opinion | Die on every hill you can

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
April 14, 2024
Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, right, presents President Joe Biden with a bowl of shamrocks during a St. Patrick's Day reception in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, March 17, 2024.

Opinion | We must recognize manufactured famines

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
March 26, 2024
Palestinians check destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Feb. 21.

Opinion | The safety of children is the world’s responsibility

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
February 22, 2024
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip onSaturday, Jan. 27.

Opinion | Journalism is not a crime

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
February 2, 2024
People hold signs and flags at a rally in support of Palestine in Oakland on Oct. 10.

Opinion | Pay attention to the language of war

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
December 4, 2023
A Palestinian flag in front of the Cathedral of Learning at a rally in support of Palestine on Oct. 19.

Opinion | Academic institutions must address their complicity and complacency in the face of racism, Islamophobia and exclusion on campuses

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
December 1, 2023
Banner for Basque self determination.

Opinion | The Spanish monarchy needs to go

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
November 10, 2023
Fire and smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

Opinion | Carpet bombing is not ‘self-defense’

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
October 31, 2023
A Palestinian demonstrator, unseen, holds his national flag next to Israeli soldiers, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday Jan. 18, 2008.

Opinion | Rewriting history serves no one

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
October 23, 2023
Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

Opinion | Neo-nazism and hypocrisy in Ukrainian resistance can no longer go ignored

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
October 20, 2023
Opinion | No one cares that you don’t feel like tipping, do it anyway

Opinion | No one cares that you don’t feel like tipping, do it anyway

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
October 3, 2023
The Department of Education logo.

Opinion | Stop blaming the American education system for your own apathy

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
September 24, 2023
Police stand in front of a flower set on the street during a demonstration marking the 50th anniversary of a military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile on Sunday, Sept 10, 2023.

Opinion | Neoliberalism is a disease

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist
September 19, 2023
A woman shouts slogans while protesting male violence against women in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday Nov. 25, 2021, during the International Day for the elimination of violence against women.

Opinion | Spanish violence wears a uniform

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
September 6, 2023
The Atlantic Ocean.

Opinion | It wasn’t five people lost at sea, it was more than six hundred

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
July 11, 2023
Opinion | Just feel bad for like ten minutes

Opinion | Just feel bad for like ten minutes

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
April 13, 2023
A supporter holds up a flag while atop a stoplight as protesters walk below during a rally and march in support of Palestinians in Chicago in response to an ongoing assault between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East on Sunday, May 16, 2021.

Opinion | Americans’ silence on apartheid can’t continue

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
March 1, 2023
Opinion | A ‘respite’ for Syria is not enough, sanctions must end

Opinion | A ‘respite’ for Syria is not enough, sanctions must end

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
February 23, 2023
Opinion | A case for ‘inaccurately’ adapting a classic

Opinion | A case for ‘inaccurately’ adapting a classic

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
January 12, 2023
The Capitol as seen in Washington on Nov. 11, 2022.

Opinion | The military can’t be reformed

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
December 8, 2022
Opinions Roundtable | 2022 Midterm Elections

Opinions Roundtable | 2022 Midterm Elections

By Sinead McDevitt, Emily O'Neil, Rachel Soloff, Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, and Kelly Xiong
November 17, 2022
Opinion | BookTok is a mistake

Opinion | BookTok is a mistake

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
November 13, 2022
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to supporters after defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off election to become the country's next president, in São Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022.

Opinion | Elected leaders should be held to the standards that they campaigned on

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
November 7, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Sept. 1.

Opinion | Sanctions also kill

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
November 3, 2022
Opinion | Stop pretending American media is objective about the Middle East

Opinion | Stop pretending American media is objective about the Middle East

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
October 9, 2022
Opinion | Homeless men aren’t the threat many people think they are

Opinion | Homeless men aren’t the threat many people think they are

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist
September 25, 2022
Flowers and pictures brought for the recently deceased Queen Elizabeth II of England rest near a picture of her at Green Park in London, England on Sunday.

Opinion | A monarch’s death is not something to grieve

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, For The Pitt News
September 18, 2022
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