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Pennsylvania voting organizations register students as midterm election nears

By Katie Cassidy, Senior Staff Writer • October 11, 2022

Students like Kaed Rende, a member of Pitt Votes, use both in-person methods and social media to connect with students and get them to register to vote in time for the upcoming midterm elections.

Editorial: ACLU threatens Harris with strong First Amendment lawsuit

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 16, 2017

Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris somehow manages to regularly get herself into the petty types of quarrels that make Buzzfeed headlines — in April last year, she made local headlines when...

Editorial: St. Louis police endanger freedom of the press

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 25, 2017

Conventional wisdom proposes that it’s difficult to truly care about an issue until that issue affects you personally. For journalists in St. Louis, the controversy surrounding police brutality in America...

Column: When abortions could save lives, Catholic hospitals fail women

By Christian Snyder / Opinions Editor • June 7, 2017

When Tamesha Means entered labor with her first child in 2016, she was only 18 weeks pregnant — not even halfway through her pregnancy. So she did the logical thing and rushed to the nearest hospital....

Editorial: Fund public defenders more, or pay for unnecessary prison sentences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 14, 2015

According to the Social Science Research Center, more than 80 percent of people charged with felonies are indigent — or poor. These people cannot afford attorneys, and therefore, must rely on public...