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U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 in Washington D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: Trump’s big, empty tax promises

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 12, 2017
Some women are stocking up on birth control or switching to IUD's amid fears of birth control becoming more difficult to get. (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Trump’s contradictory contraceptive rollback

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 10, 2017
Controversy surrounding Christopher Columbus’ statue in Schenley Park has led to vandalism in recent years. (TPN file photo)

Editorial: On Columbus Day, teach explorer’s whole history

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 9, 2017
U.S. Congressman Tim Murphy in August 2017. (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)

Editorial: Murphy’s abortion hypocrisy helps no one

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 4, 2017
President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania arrive at Muniz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico on Oct. 3, 2017, almost two weeks after hurricane Maria hit the island. They met with residents there to greet the President. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Puerto Rico deserves better than Trump

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 3, 2017
Discarded personal items covered in blood sit on Kovaln Lane, in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Don’t ignore the politics behind gun violence crisis

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 2, 2017
(Illustration by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Editorial: Now’s the time for redistricting reform

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 1, 2017
Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor

Editorial: The Pitt News bids 7-Eleven farewell

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 28, 2017
(Illustration by Abby Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Editorial: Trump’s revisionist history leaves everyone behind

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 27, 2017
Hundreds of San Juan residents have taken shelter at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, until Hurricane Maria passes. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Don’t forget about Puerto Rico in wake of Maria

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 26, 2017
Police officers arrest a man during a confrontational protest on Delmar Boulevard in University City on Sept. 16, 2017. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Editorial: St. Louis police endanger freedom of the press

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 25, 2017
Steelers players walk onto the field during a practice in August. (Photo by Matt Hawley | Staff Photographer)

Editorial: Critics of anthem protests aren’t patriotic

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 24, 2017
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks as Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) listen during a news conference on health care on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: Graham-Cassidy plan ruins progress and instills division

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 20, 2017
Students protest against student debt last November. (Photo by John Hamilton | Managing Editor)

Editorial: Pitt must condemn professor’s threats

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 19, 2017
Counter-protestesters sing the Star-Spangled Banner while one student plays along on the trumpet. (Photo by John Hamilton | Managing Editor)

Pitt students’ protest represents model of free speech

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 18, 2017
(Illustration by Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator)

Editorial: Recognize the consequences of comedy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 17, 2017
Union supporters deliver letters from elected officials supporting the union to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher Tuesday. (Photo by Janine Faust / Contributing Editor)

Editorial: On union, University should stay on sidelines

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 14, 2017

Editorial: Health care proposal detracts from urgent issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 13, 2017
Gov. Tom Wolf, pictured speaking in 2015, will be forced to make sweeping cuts if a revenue plan isn't passed by Friday. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/TNS)

Editorial: House revenue plan threatens Pennsylvania

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 12, 2017
Elliot Hall was built as Reed College's Arts and Sciences building in 1912. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Editorial: Racism in humanities isn’t the problem

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 11, 2017
(Illustration by Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

Editorial: Recognize student debt’s real toll on campus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 10, 2017
Evelin Hernandez holds a sign in front of the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis after President Donald Trump announced his plans to rescind DACA on Tuesday. (Photo by Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Editorial: Stand strong to protect DACA recipients

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 5, 2017
Willie Theison, elephant program manager at the Pittsburgh Zoo, attends to Zuri (left) and her sister, Victoria (right). (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/MCT)

Editorial: Elephant death is tragic, but zoo does more good than harm

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 4, 2017
Protestors hold a cutout of Sen. Pat Toomey at a "Tuesday's with Toomey" in February. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Assistant Visual Editor)

Editorial: Toomey isn’t listening to constituents

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 31, 2017
A man climbs out of a utility vehicle that was stuck on Highway 96 in flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Lumberton, Texas. (Ashley Landis/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Editorial: Florida university should let professor speak

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 30, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference on Aug. 28. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: Don’t let presidency divide the same side

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 29, 2017
The City of Pittsburgh added bike lanes on parts of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard on Aug. 15. (Photo by Kyleen Considine | Visual Editor)

Editorial: Safe roads require more than just bike lanes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 27, 2017
The Umbrella Sky Project, developed in Portugal by the creative agency Sextafiera Producoes, is featured in the center of strings of vendors at the Three River Arts Festival on June 4. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Visual Editor)

Editorial: Leaving Pittsburgh for the summer? Maybe think twice

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 18, 2017
Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade film a segment of "Fox & Friends" in March 2017. (Photo by Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: In age of ‘fake news’ we must hold the president accountable

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 11, 2017
(Photo by John Hamilton | Editor-In-Chief)

Editorial: Pitt’s new board shows that it recognizes the importance of diversity, but there’s a long way to go

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 4, 2017
Protestors hold a cutout of Sen. Pat Toomey at a "Tuesday's with Toomey" in February. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Visual Editor)

Editorial: Toomey is either lying or misinformed, and it will hurt Pennsylvanians

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 27, 2017
Justin Miller, an employee of the Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, speaks to Oakland residents Monday about preferred BRT routes. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Visual Editor)

Editorial: The Port Authority is ignoring important BRT stakeholders

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 20, 2017
(Photo by John Hamilton/Editor-in-Chief)

Editorial: Pitt’s public funding should result in public accountability

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 13, 2017
The University Honors College is housed on the 35th and 36th floors of the Cathedral of Learning. (TPN File Photo)

Editorial: New UHC dean has opportunity to refocus college

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 7, 2017
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in July 2015 at Bellefonte Area High School. Wolf placed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2015. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/TNS)

Editorial: PA moratorium doesn’t solve costly death penalty problem

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 31, 2017
Flickr.

Editorial: PA still has room to grow with medicinal marijuana

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 23, 2017
Wikipedia Commons.

Editorial: Ransomware infects thousands using government tools

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 16, 2017
Students gather outside the $13.2 million Pitt Sports Dome for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Editorial: Pitt listens, but only when it’s easy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 9, 2017
Creative Commons

Editorial: One final call for more transparency

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 24, 2017
Under a new Tennessee law, all adults are entitled to 2 years of education at state community colleges and technical schools. | Wikipedia Commons

Editorial: Tennessee Reconnect points way forward for higher ed

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 20, 2017
Members of the Pitt community and students gathered to observe the winter Board of Trustees meeting on February 24. Stephen Caruso | Assistant Visual Editor

Editorial: Student lobbying key to change among Board of Trustees

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 18, 2017
Michael Hicks | Flickr

Editorial: New gender rules move toward inclusivity

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 18, 2017
Chicago Police Department 19th District Commander Marc Buslik discusses the department's body camera policies and demonstrates its use on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 at the district headquarters in Chicago, Ill. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Editorial: Hold police accountable with public body camera footage

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 17, 2017
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during the last day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Editorial: New York tuition bill lets down low-income students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 12, 2017
Abandoned buildings in Braddock. Courtesy of charltonlidu | Flickr

Editorial: New business vital to revitalizing Braddock

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 11, 2017
Oakland residents protest the military strike on Syria at Schenley Plaza on Friday. Stephen Caruso | Assistant Visual Editor

Editorial: Media reaction to Syria strike jumps to conclusions

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 10, 2017
The universities participating in Impact Journalism Day 2017. Courtesy of Sparknews

Editorial: The Pitt News participates in Impact Day Journalism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 9, 2017
Parodies have swarmed social media in light of Pepsi’s commercial that tried to use protest to sell soda. Stephen Caruso | Assistant Visual Editor

Editorial: Pepsi ad trivializes, appropriates important social issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 5, 2017
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Editorial: Stricter Greek regulations combat dangerous drinking culture

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 5, 2017
Sen. Pat Toomey talks with the media after voting for president Nov. 8, 2016. Toomey voted to confim DeVos as education secretary on Tuesday. Steven M. Falk/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Editorial: Toomey’s rule change proposal threatens bipartisanship

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 4, 2017
Courtesy of Pennsylvania State Senate

Editorial: Wagner’s words influence run for governor more than actions

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 2, 2017
Yuri Samoilov | Flickr

Editorial: Internet privacy bill puts consumers at risk

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 29, 2017
Creative Commons

Editorial: Opportunities exists outside leadership roles

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 28, 2017
Becky McCray, flickr

Editorial: Don’t sleep on school board vote come Pittsburgh primary

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 26, 2017
Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Editorial: Bail reform bill unfairly targets defendants

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 22, 2017
U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks during the Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 16, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: Hold Trump accountable to get public input on student loans

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 22, 2017
John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Editorial: New Athletic Director should focus on funding for all sports

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 20, 2017
Wikipedia Creative Commons

Editorial: County council’s abstentions excuse lack of firm stances

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 19, 2017
Mayor Peduto won the endorsement of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee over spring break. James Evan Bowen-Gaddy | Contributing Editor

Editorial: Filing fee restricts mayoral candidate field

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 15, 2017
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher talks to members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition at Pitt's winter Board of Trustees Meeting at the William Pitt Union on February 24. | Stephen Caruso

Editorial: Gallagher unwilling to stand up to board on student issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 14, 2017
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in July 2015 at Bellefonte Area High School. Wolf spoke last week dismissing the auditor general's suggestion to legalize marijuana. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/TNS)

Editorial: Wolf ignores DePasquale, writes off marijuana legalization

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 12, 2017
Left: The screenshot Nshwah Alabbadi posted on Feb. 18. Right: The updated article on Mar. 1. Screenshots from csmonitor.com

Editorial: Reaffirmed commitments needed for success of Year of Diversity

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 2, 2017
401(K) 2012 | Flickr

Editorial: Transparency needed in next Pitt Day of Giving

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 1, 2017
Proposed budget cuts will probably have little real effect on student tuition at the University of Pennsylvania, a private institution. Melinda Stuart | Flickr

Editorial: Wolf’s budget benefits public, private university students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 28, 2017
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: DeVos disappoints on higher education, focuses on non-issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 27, 2017
Tuesday with Toomey protesters hold a "town hall" using cuttout of Sen. Pat Toomey outside his office in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The senator hasn't held a town hall since 2013. Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Editorial: Republicans ignore protesters, history at their own risk

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 23, 2017
Lars Kiesow | Flickr

Editorial: Despite tuitions and student debt, colleges can still cut costs

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 22, 2017
OxyContin, in 80 mg pills, in a 2013 file image. (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Forced rehab wrong for opioid crisis

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 21, 2017
Justin Horowitz. Courtesy of SGB

Editorial: The Pitt News endorses Justin Horowitz for Student Government Board President

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 20, 2017
Mayor Bill Peduto speaks at a Clinton rally in October. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Editorial: Finding funds necessary for affordable housing improvements

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 16, 2017
Map of the U.S. showing Sunoco Logistics' pipelines and terminals | TNS

Editorial: No Mariner East II pipeline, period.

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 15, 2017
Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group/MCT

Editorial: County council should ban vaping, prioritize health

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 13, 2017
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during the last day of the Democratic National Convention. Clem Murray/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Editorial: On abortion, sanctuary cities, Wolf should stay strong

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 9, 2017
American business woman Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate HELP Committee on her nomination to be Education Secretary in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Jan. 17, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Riccardo Savi/Sipa USA/TNS)

Editorial: DeVos confirmed, but we can still work toward change

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 8, 2017
A still from Budweiser's Super Bowl LI advertisement

Editorial: Don’t overblow Super Bowl ad controversies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 7, 2017
Some protesters became violent during Milo Yiannopoulos' visit to the University of California, Berkeley. Courtesty of Daniel Kim/The Daily Californian.

Editorial: Let Yiannopoulos speak, but don’t engage with him

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 5, 2017
Ashley Brown, a junior neuroscience major, reaches into a cooler to buy water for her and her sorority sisters after a water alert was issued by the city of Pittsburgh on Tuesday evening. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Editorial: PWSA needs to clean water, clean up its act

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 2, 2017
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) talks with the media after voting in Zionsville, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (Steven M. Falk/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Editorial: Toomey supporting Trump’s ban ignores voters

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 1, 2017
Editorial: Pitt must commit to actions, not just words on sanctuary campus

Editorial: Pitt must commit to actions, not just words on sanctuary campus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 31, 2017
Former Police Chief Cameron McLay answers questions from community members on in 2014 as part of his effort to improve police and community relations. Julia Rendleman/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

Editorial: Schubert needs to balance commitment to community and department

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 30, 2017
Donald Trump speaks on October 26, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: Trump’s EPA blackout proves we need to resist

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 26, 2017
President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing five executive orders on Tuesday. Pool/Sipa USA/TNS

Editorial: States must be the ones to push for change in Trump’s America

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 25, 2017
Mayor Bill Peduto speaks to Pitt College Democrats on Sept. 9, 2016. Meghan Sunners | Asst. Visual Editor

Editorial: Welch brings needed alternative to mayoral primary

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 24, 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks in the media briefing room on Jan. 21. Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS

Editorial: Trump’s first days foreshadow bleak future for the press

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 23, 2017
In his final press conference on Wednesday, President Barack Obama defends his decision to commute the prison sentence Chelsea Manning. Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS

Editorial: Chelsea Manning sentence commuted, a long overdue step

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 19, 2017
Dan Gilman speaks at a rally for Katie McGinty in September. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Editorial: Pittsburgh says it’s committed to immigrants, it’s time to show it

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 18, 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the Sunday Evening Club at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in 1965. Jack Dykinga/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Editorial: Don’t just look at the comforting in MLK’s legacy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 17, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump will become the 45th president on Jan. 20.|Gary Hershorn/Zuma Press/TNS

Editorial: Sessions, BuzzFeed controversy prove Trump dangerous to a free press

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 12, 2017
Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

Editorial: Wolf should rethink Pittsburgh prison closure, make cuts elsewhere

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 11, 2017
Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto speaks before a Hillary Clinton rally at Taylor Allderdice High School on October 22, 2016. Stephen Caruso|Online Visual Editor

Editorial: Peduto should live up to campaign finance promises

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 9, 2017
Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Editorial: Pitt should offer more interdisciplinary studies for students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 9, 2017
Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Harvey Barrison | Flickr

Editorial: State ethics reform ignores the real problems

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 4, 2017
TNS

Editorial: Ohio’s restrictive abortion bill a preview of Trump’s America

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 8, 2016

Editorial: Future of Democratic Party in need of change

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 6, 2016
Republican presidential candidates Ben Carson, left, and Donald Trump during the GOP debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Editorial: Trump selecting Carson disregards those who need HUD’s help

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 5, 2016

Editorial: Standing Rock Sioux’s fight is not over

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 5, 2016
Dan Gilman speaks at a rally for Katie McGinty in September. Councilmember Gilman, along with Bruce Kraus, pitched a legislation to ban conversion therapy for minors in the city. John Hamilton | Senior Staff Photographer

Editorial: Pittsburgh must protect LGBTQ children from conversion therapy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 30, 2016

Editorial: Pittsburgh should declare sanctuary status

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 30, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump with Betsy DeVos, whom Trump has chosen as his secretary of education. TNS

Editorial: Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education puts private business before community improvement

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 29, 2016

Editorial: Professor watchlist avoids academic dialogue

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 27, 2016
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