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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The Pitt News Editorial Board

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Editorial | A free world demands a free press

Editorial | A free world demands a free press

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 15, 2025
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025.

Editorial | Abracadabra! There goes economic stability

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 11, 2025
Editorial | The GPT-4 Studio Ghibli trend again reveals a horrible misappreciation for human-made art

Editorial | The GPT-4 Studio Ghibli trend again reveals a horrible misappreciation for human-made art

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 31, 2025
Mario’s Oakland Saloon.

Editorial | There is no place for Nazism in the city of Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 28, 2025
United States President Donald Trump holds a news briefing at the White House on Aug. 4, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Editorial | Trump is a danger to the First Amendment

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 18, 2025
Editorial | Pitt Administration must listen to its students’ electoral demands

Editorial | Pitt Administration must listen to its students’ electoral demands

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 14, 2025
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey answers questions from moderator Ann Belser at the Mayoral Forum at Chatham University on Sunday, Feb. 2.

Editorial | We’re still waiting for better candidates

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 28, 2025
Editorial | All rise for our fearless leader

Editorial | All rise for our fearless leader

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 18, 2025
“Free Mom Hugs” at the Equality March in 2019.

Editorial | Hate is not inherent, it is taught

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 14, 2025
Editorial | Do not fall for Trump’s anti-DEI rhetoric

Editorial | Do not fall for Trump’s anti-DEI rhetoric

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 3, 2025
The front entrance of Allegheny County Jail in Downtown.

Editorial | Placing trans women in men’s prisons is a death sentence

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 28, 2025
Editorial | Schools must remain ICE-free to protect children

Editorial | Schools must remain ICE-free to protect children

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 24, 2025
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Erin Scott/Zuma Press/TNS)

Editorial | America has it all backward on censorship

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 14, 2025
Editorial | The new House rules set the tone for a dangerous Republican trifecta

Editorial | The new House rules set the tone for a dangerous Republican trifecta

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 7, 2025
Shoppers manage their bags as they enter a Subway turnstile, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in New York.

Editorial | So much for a bad economy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 3, 2024
Editorial | Trump’s cabinet picks could not be worse

Editorial | Trump’s cabinet picks could not be worse

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 22, 2024
Supporters look on as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, on the campus of Howard University in Washington.

Editorial | Hope survives

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 12, 2024
Editorial | Who to blame while waiting for election results

Editorial | Who to blame while waiting for election results

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 4, 2024
This combination photo shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking during a news conference, Oct. 25, 2024, in Austin, Texas, left, and Joe Rogan at a UFC event, Aug. 18, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo)

Editorial | What it actually means to campaign on podcasts

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 29, 2024
Editorial | For politicians, playing both sides is a bad strategy when it comes to football

Editorial | For politicians, playing both sides is a bad strategy when it comes to football

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 21, 2024
Editorial | Why are we questioning female-led superhero flicks when men are also failing to lead?

Editorial | Why are we questioning female-led superhero flicks when men are also failing to lead?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 15, 2024
Editorial | Melania Trump gets a choice on abortion, but her husband doesn't want the same for Americans

Editorial | Melania Trump gets a choice on abortion, but her husband doesn’t want the same for Americans

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 7, 2024
After waiting on long lines to fill up their gas tanks at the Sheetz station, people were also filling up containers of gas for their generators after Hurricane Helene caused power outages on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Morganton, N.C.

Editorial | Hurricane Helene is a governmental failure

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 30, 2024
Marcellus Williams.

Editorial | The death penalty: Outdated, racist and far too unreliable

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 26, 2024
Jiri Palayekar | Staff Illustrator

Editorial | Misogyny to maturity through the rise of “Wife Guys”

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 20, 2024
ABC World News Tonight Anchor David Muir, left, addresses members of the audience while standing with ABC News Live Anchor Linsey Davis.

Editorial | Were ABC’s moderators harder on Trump?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 13, 2024
Editorial | Pitt Police must do better with emergency notifications

Editorial | Pitt Police must do better with emergency notifications

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 3, 2024
Editorial | We have become too entitled to information and celebrity interaction

Editorial | We have become too entitled to information and celebrity interaction

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 30, 2024
Editorial | TPN editors share their best tips for getting out of the summer slump

Editorial | TPN editors share their best tips for getting out of the summer slump

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 24, 2024
Editorial | Why is political violence never okay in the US but perfectly fine overseas?

Editorial | Why is political violence never okay in the US but perfectly fine overseas?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 17, 2024
Protesters face police officers during the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on Sunday night.

Editorial | The Pitt News Editorial Board condemns all violence at the University of Pittsburgh protests this week.

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 4, 2024
Editorial | Our “society” did not lie to the Benedictine College graduates — Harrison Butker did

Editorial | Our “society” did not lie to the Benedictine College graduates — Harrison Butker did

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 22, 2024
Editorial | The eclipse is not worth looking at with your naked eye

Editorial | The eclipse is not worth looking at with your naked eye

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 8, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 10, 2023.

Editorial | Respect press freedoms

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 4, 2024
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)

Editorial | Victims do not owe us their stories

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 26, 2024
Supporters of TikTok gather at the Capitol in Washington, as the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell on March 13.

Editorial | Congress’ TikTok ban is so much more dangerous than you think

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 21, 2024
The beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Editorial | Be aware of your role as a traveler over break

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 5, 2024
Bridgit Mendler onstage at “Sounds of Summer” on Aug. 16, 2014.

Editorial | Bridgit Mendler: The Renaissance woman we should all look to for inspiration

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 1, 2024
Street signs at the intersection of Bates Street and Semple Street.

Editorial | Oakland desperately needs to improve its traffic signage

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 22, 2024
The William Pitt Union and Schenley Quadrangle on the University of Pittsburgh campus.

Editorial | The sex lives of Pitt buildings

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 14, 2024
Taylor Swift arrives at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Editorial | Let’s stop bullying Joe Alwyn — no matter what Taylor Swift titles her new album tracks

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 9, 2024
Editorial | The fakeness of AI pornography intentionally fetishizes lack of consent

Editorial | The fakeness of AI pornography intentionally fetishizes lack of consent

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 30, 2024
Ron DeSantis at a pro-law enforcement rally in Staten Island Feb. 20, 2023.

Editorial | Ron DeSantis can step down … literally

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 26, 2024
A car crash on Jagtvej, a road in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Editorial | Let your car get totaled

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 18, 2024
Host Jo Koy during the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7.

Editorial | Jo Koy did not watch the Barbie movie

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 12, 2024
Official portrait of former Representative George Santos (R-NY) for the 118th Congress.

Editorial | The charade of George Santos: thoughts on where it all went wrong

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 8, 2023
Signs posted along the sidewalk of Forbes Avenue near Hillman Library caution pedestrians against jaywalking.

Editorial | You can lead a horse to Forbes Avenue but you can’t make him use the crosswalk

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 29, 2023
Editorial | Get creative during your Thanksgiving dinner

Editorial | Get creative during your Thanksgiving dinner

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 16, 2023
A PRT bus picks up riders at the Fifth Ave and University Place stop in Oakland on the evening of Sept. 12th.

Editorial | The new PRT bus routes are unsustainable

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 9, 2023
Editorial | Overzealous sports betting advertisements pose risks to many

Editorial | Overzealous sports betting advertisements pose risks to many

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 3, 2023
Fall foliage surrounds Hillman Library.

Editorial | The Pitt News editors’ favorite fall activities

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 24, 2023
Editorial | Don’t let yourself fall prey to misinformation in the midst of global conflicts

Editorial | Don’t let yourself fall prey to misinformation in the midst of global conflicts

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 20, 2023
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., departs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Washington.

Editorial | Welcome to a new era of government

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 12, 2023
Striking Hotel workers from Unite Here Local 11 join the picketing actors of SAG-AFTRA, and writers of the WGA, outside Netflix studios, July 21, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Editorial | The WGA strike is over, but who’s still fighting?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 1, 2023
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. John's, 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 nation's 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 won't allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and calls for the state's 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 Gobbler's 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 Action's "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
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