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Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison (2) fumbles the ball in front of Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Mario Goodrich (31) and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nicholas Morrow (41) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in Philadelphia.

Editorial | The reality of racism in football has made itself known again

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 22, 2023
This Aug. 13, 2020, photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore.

Editorial | Subscriptions should not dominate the creative industry

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 11, 2023
Nebraska and Omaha play a college volleyball match Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Editorial | Support and attend women’s sports

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 4, 2023
The Pitt News Editorial Board.

Meet The Pitt News Editors

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 29, 2023
Editorial | The importance of school newspapers

Editorial | The importance of school newspapers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 27, 2023
The Cathedral of Learning

Editorial | Discounted in-state tuition is more important now than ever

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 12, 2023
The Titan launch barge is moved to the Coast Guard yard at port in St. Johns, Newfoundland, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. The Titan submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday, June 22.

Editorial | The submersible catastrophe reminds us that regulations are important and that nobody is exempt from them

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 27, 2023
The 2023 Pittsburgh Pride Parade on the Andy Warhol Bridge on June 3.

Editorial | Rainbow capitalism is insincere and performative, but this year is arguably worse

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 21, 2023
New York City is engulfed in haze seen from the Empire State Building observatory, June. 7, 2023, in New York.

Editorial | Recent poor air quality could be a warning sign for things to come

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 13, 2023
Editorial | Support local businesses and organizations all year long

Editorial | Support local businesses and organizations all year long

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 7, 2023
The draft of a bill that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. negotiated to raise the nations debt ceiling.

Editorial | What is the debt ceiling deal and should you care?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 30, 2023
Editorial | In light of new anti-LGBTQ laws, skip your summer vacation to Florida

Editorial | In light of new anti-LGBTQ laws, skip your summer vacation to Florida

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 24, 2023
Striking members and supporters of the Writers Guild of America walk the picket line during a rally outside Silvercup Studios, Tuesday May 9, 2023, in New York.

Editorial | Our top three favorite signs from the Hollywood writers’ strike

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 17, 2023
A view of the Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | The top five most memorable things that happened this year

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 20, 2023
Michael Knowles speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Editorial | 3 candidates Michael Knowles wouldn’t debate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 17, 2023
Editorial | Why Taylor and Joe’s breakup is so devastating — and why you can still believe in love

Editorial | Why Taylor and Joe’s breakup is so devastating — and why you can still believe in love

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 13, 2023
Police exit Hillman Library Monday night after evacuating students from the building.

Editorial | Pitt must improve its communication to students during emergencies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 12, 2023
A person uses a television remote.

Editorial | TV writers should get paid fairly

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 11, 2023
Expelled Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, from left, expelled Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, are recognized by the audience at Fisk University before Vice President Kamala Harris arrives, Friday, April 7, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.

Editorial | Tennessee’s House expulsion is a wake-up call to the nation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 9, 2023
Barbie poster at the entrance of an exhibit.

Editorial | Which Barbie are the different majors?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 6, 2023
Chancellor-elect Joan Gabel speaks at a press conference in the Cathedral of Learning following her appointment.

Editorial | Pitt’s new chancellor-elect has the opportunity to positively impact the University’s future

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 4, 2023
Pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass., June 15, 2018. For millennials with chronic medical conditions — or those raising kids with chronic conditions — health care can be an enormous monthly expense.

Editorial | The United States needs to medically insure more people — not fewer

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 3, 2023
Pittsburgh Police and paramedics respond to Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School for what turned out to be a hoax report of an active shooter on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Editorial | School shooting threats should not be the norm

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 30, 2023
The Parkvale Building on Meyran Avenue, which houses the English Language Institute.

Editorial | Decision to keep English Language Institute open proves University must listen to students’ concerns

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 29, 2023
Editorial | Students need to support small and independent restaurants

Editorial | Students need to support small and independent restaurants

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 27, 2023
The TikTok logo is seen on a cellphone on Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston.

Editorial | TikTok will create further tensions between the U.S. and China

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 23, 2023
A borg (blackout rage gallon) made of water, vodka and red beverage mix powder in a gallon jug, labeled SpongeBorg SquarePants. The right side of the jug displays the message Me Hoy Minoy, a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode DoodleBob.

Editorial | What your borg’s name says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 19, 2023
A protester holds a “Trans People Belong” sign during a June 2020 protest.

Editorial | We stand with trans students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 16, 2023
Ke Huy Quan, winner of the best supporting actor award, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Editorial | The real winners and losers at this year’s Oscars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 14, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. stands with Denise Rucker Krepp, a former advisory neighborhood commission member, as he holds a ceremony to nullify the D.C. crime bill on Friday, March 10, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Editorial | Congress voting down D.C. crime law shows the district needs statehood

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 13, 2023
This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis.

Editorial | Pharmaceutical companies should follow Eli Lilly’s lead in cutting out-of-pocket medication prices

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 3, 2023
People take part in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a migrant boat that broke apart in rough seas, in Crotone, southern Italy, on Feb. 27.

Editorial | Shipwreck in Italy carrying migrants shows that European politicians must take migration seriously

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 28, 2023
Editorial | What your spring break destination says about you

Editorial | What your spring break destination says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 26, 2023
The Bernard B Jacobs Theatre on Broadway; 242 West 45th Street.

Editorial | The neo-Nazi protest at ‘Parade’ has far-reaching consequences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 23, 2023
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives for a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Shapiro says he wont allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and calls for the states lawmakers to repeal the death penalty.

Editorial | Pennsylvania governor made the right decision to oppose death penalty

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 20, 2023
The 2021 Pittsburgh Pride Parade in Downtown.

Editorial | The New York Times’ coverage of transgender people is biased

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 17, 2023
A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6.

Editorial | The train derailment sets a dangerous precedent for our environment

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 14, 2023
People walk past the Fox School of Business on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia, Friday, April 16, 2021.

Editorial | We stand with Temple’s striking graduate students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 13, 2023
Democratic State Sen. Angela Turner Ford of West Point, right, listesn as Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, foreground, expresses the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus disappointment at the passing of House Bill 1020, legislation that would create a separate court system in the Capitol Complex Improvement District, at the Mississippi Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Jackson.

Editorial | Mississippi’s new bill is problematic

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 9, 2023
Members on the Republican side of the House Judiciary Committee, from left, Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, and Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., listen to amendment proposals as the panel meets to pass its operating rules under the GOP majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Editorial | House GOP is endangering civil rights, liberties by disbanding subcommittee

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 6, 2023
Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.

Editorial | Which Pitt News desks saw their shadow on Groundhog Day

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 3, 2023
Editorial | The Oscar Nominations could be better

Editorial | The Oscar Nominations could be better

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 30, 2023
Editorial | Greenwashing is dangerous

Editorial | Greenwashing is dangerous

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 26, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Turning Point Actions Unite and Win rally Downtown on Aug. 19, 2022.

Editorial | Florida’s ban on African American studies is dangerous

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 23, 2023
Editorial | We need to look critically at the media we consume

Editorial | We need to look critically at the media we consume

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 23, 2023
Students walk to classes on the first floor of Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | Pitt should find alternatives for students looking to learn English

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 20, 2023
A ChatGPT prompt is shown on a device near a public school in Brooklyn, New York, on Jan. 5.

Editorial | Artificial Intelligence should be a resource, not a crutch in school

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 17, 2023
Students study on the newly renovated second floor of Hillman Library.

Editorial | Study spaces should feel more inviting

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 12, 2023
Fans stand in support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y.

Editorial | Damar Hamlin’s injury shows importance of safety in football

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 11, 2023
Editorial | The Speaker of the House vote further embarrassed American politics

Editorial | The Speaker of the House vote further embarrassed American politics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 8, 2023
The Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | Top 10 notable things that happened this semester

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 7, 2022
Editorial | What your top artist on Spotify Wrapped says about you

Editorial | What your top artist on Spotify Wrapped says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 2, 2022
Editorial | Take care of yourself during finals

Editorial | Take care of yourself during finals

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 30, 2022
Attendees march Downtown during the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution March & Parade on Saturday, June 4.

Editorial | Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric is killing people

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 27, 2022
Demonstrators stand outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act last Wednesday in Washington.

Editorial | The Indian Child Welfare Act is necessary

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 18, 2022
A close up of a Pennsylvania voter registration form.

Editorial | Gen Z showed up to the polls, now listen to our concerns

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 15, 2022
Editorial | It’s November, not Christmas

Editorial | It’s November, not Christmas

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 11, 2022
Editorial | Voting needs to be more accessible

Editorial | Voting needs to be more accessible

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 8, 2022
Editorial | Gaming platforms need to do more to address and prevent harm

Editorial | Gaming platforms need to do more to address and prevent harm

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 7, 2022
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, left, and her husband Paul Pelosi at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner on Dec. 7, 2019.

Editorial | Violent attacks against politicians and their families should not be politicized

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 4, 2022
Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022.

Editorial | Elon Musk’s ideas for Twitter set a negative precedent for the platform

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 31, 2022
Editorial | Characterizing TPN desks as Halloween candies

Editorial | Characterizing TPN desks as Halloween candies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 30, 2022
Community members mourn the lives lost in the Tree of Life shooting during a ceremony in Schenley Park on Thursday afternoon.

Editorial | Pittsburgh’s Jewish community is still healing

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 28, 2022
Editorial | Young people in Pennsylvania, get out and vote

Editorial | Young people in Pennsylvania, get out and vote

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 25, 2022
Editorial | We support the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike

Editorial | We support the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 24, 2022
Children look through car windows as they and other refugees from the Kharkiv region of Ukraine arrive at a temporary camp in Belgorod, Russia.

Editorial | The conflict in Ukraine will create lasting problems for Europe’s economy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 20, 2022
Editorial | Activism should help a cause, not just a grab for headlines

Editorial | Activism should help a cause, not just a grab for headlines

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 16, 2022
Alex Jones speaks to a crowd.

Editorial | There needs to be a limit on hate speech

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 14, 2022
Pigeons on the field of Acrisure Stadium Saturday evening.

Editorial | Takeaways from the Pittsburgh Pigeons football game

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 11, 2022
Editorial | Pitt needs to address rape culture on campus

Editorial | Pitt needs to address rape culture on campus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 9, 2022
Editorial | QAnon takes advantage of the isolated and turns them violent

Editorial | QAnon takes advantage of the isolated and turns them violent

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 6, 2022
An activist wears a message on her protective face mask that reads Stop Killing Us during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini in Lebanon on Sunday.

Editorial | Iranian women deserve autonomy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 2, 2022
Police and other emergency personnel from multiple jurisdictions converged on Kennywood Park late Saturday night in West Mifflin for reports of shots fired inside the amusement park.

Editorial | The shooting at Kennywood shows how much we need gun control

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 29, 2022
View of a house that was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico on Wednesday.

Editorial | Puerto Rico deserves more from the U.S. government

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 25, 2022
Brothers of Italys Giorgia Meloni speaks during the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome on Thursday.

Editorial | Italy’s election could continue the dangerous trend of nationalism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 23, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks at the Public Education forum Downtown in 2019 during his campaign.

Editorial | President Biden needs to deliver on his progressive campaign policies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 19, 2022
Children look through car windows as they and other refugees from the Kharkov Region of Ukraine arrive at a temporary camp in Belgorod, Russia, on Wednesday. Thousands fled northeastern Ukraine to Russia amid the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the region.

Editorial | Russia, leave Ukrainian civilians out of war

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 18, 2022
Editorial | Oakland: Fix your parking

Editorial | Oakland: Fix your parking

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 16, 2022
Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman speaks at an event in 2016.

Editorial | Pennsylvania candidates: It’s time to embrace debate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 12, 2022
A spotted lanternfly.

Editorial | Kill them all: Spotted lanternflies are invasive

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 11, 2022
Wax figures of the British Royal Family at Madame Tussauds in London.

Editorial | The monarchy should go

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 8, 2022
Leonardo DiCaprio attends the world premiere of Dont Look Up at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in New York.

Editorial | Things on Pitt’s campus that Leonardo DiCaprio would and would not date

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 6, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | Pitt needs to start paying taxes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 2, 2022
Taylor Swift accepts the award for video of the year for All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylors Version) at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28, in Newark, N.J.

Editorial | Ranking Taylor Swift songs that mention “midnight” or “middle of the night”

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 30, 2022
Editorial | 4 tips for first-year etiquette

Editorial | 4 tips for first-year etiquette

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 28, 2022
This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth, according to NASA.

Editorial | The James Webb Telescope is revolutionary

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 12, 2022
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a group photograph at the Supreme Court building on June 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Front row, seated from left, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing behind from left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial | Keep up with the Supreme Court rulings — they affect us all

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 1, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning alongside the Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain.

Editorial | The top 7 best things about staying in Oakland for the summer

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 24, 2022
Editorial | Ranking the Pitt AI-generated memes

Editorial | Ranking the Pitt AI-generated memes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 14, 2022
Editorial | Corporations should care about LGBTQ+ people beyond just Pride Month

Editorial | Corporations should care about LGBTQ+ people beyond just Pride Month

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 10, 2022
The 2021 Pittsburgh Pride Parade in Downtown.

Editorial | Our most anticipated Pride events happening in Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 31, 2022
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum on Fifth Avenue.

Editorial | 5 things to experience this summer in Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Editorial | Hey Supreme Court, wealthy politicians shouldn’t get the upper hand

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 17, 2022
Students play spikeball in Schenley Plaza last month.

Editorial | The best and worst things about this school year

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 21, 2022
Editorial | All religious holidays deserve equal recognition

Editorial | All religious holidays deserve equal recognition

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 17, 2022
A police officer stands watch at the entrance of 36th Street Station after multiple people were shot on a subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Editorial | Police funds don’t go toward our safety

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 15, 2022
Editorial | Clemson College Republicans shouldn’t hide behind respectability politics

Editorial | Clemson College Republicans shouldn’t hide behind respectability politics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 13, 2022
Editorial | 7 Bigelow Bash performances we want to see

Editorial | 7 Bigelow Bash performances we want to see

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 10, 2022
People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York, on Oct. 25, 2021.

Editorial | Amazon needs to care about its workers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 7, 2022
Jon Batiste poses in the press room at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas.

Editorial | The Grammys need to appreciate all award winners

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 5, 2022
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