The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

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

The Pitt News
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 15, 2024
Join every movement that you believe in, and help them in “un-glamorous” ways. Make phone calls and send emails and picket, even if it's just you and five other people in their sixties. Help raise money for people who need it, and try to find ways to participate in building better systems for them
Common performs his first rap for the audience on Tuesday evening in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room.

Rapper Common discusses artistry and activism

By Evan Fuccio, Staff Photographer • March 4, 2024

Pitt Program Council and Black Action Society hosted Common, also known as Lonnie Lynn, for a moderated Q & A on Tuesday evening in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room. The evening covered much of...

Pitt’s Asian Student Alliance poses for a group photo with Nadya Okamoto in the William Pitt Union on Friday.

Period activist Nadya Okamoto talks youth power, burnout and identity with Pitt’s Asian Student Alliance

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer • October 31, 2022
Pitt’s Asian Student Alliance hosted a guided Q&A session on Friday night with Nadya Okamoto, an entrepreneur and period activist.
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
Donald Trump’s worst nightmare came true for one of the world’s most infamous paintings last week.
Opinion | Social media ruined Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Opinion | Social media ruined Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Ebonee Rice, Staff Columnist • January 28, 2022
Social media has allowed activism to become purely performative, especially during MLK Day.
Opinion | Black people are not only for your entertainment

Opinion | Black people are not only for your entertainment

By Ashanti McLaurin, Staff Columnist • October 12, 2021
I’m reminded that this surge of support toward the Black community is, yet again, just another instance of performative activism.
The Queer Corner | Activism isn’t what it used to be, and that’s okay

The Queer Corner | Activism isn’t what it used to be, and that’s okay

By Rachel Bachy, Staff Writer • October 8, 2021
In this edition of The Queer Corner, staff writer Rachel Bachy talks about their experience as a queer activist in complicated times.
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Editorial | CBS’s new show “The Activist” is not the right way to go about activism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 13, 2021
The backlash about this show is for good reason — many people realize that it’s not the right way to go about activism.
Opinion | You’re trying to solve big problems the wrong way

Opinion | You’re trying to solve big problems the wrong way

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Columnist • September 8, 2021
Many people’s current reactions to the crises we face range from only mildly helpful to actively counterproductive.
Co-authors John Cavanagh and Robin Broad joined Pitt faculty and graduate students Friday afternoon for the launch of their new book “The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed.”

Pitt hosts launch of new book ‘The Water Defenders’

By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor • March 8, 2021
The book opens with the 2009 death of Marcelo Rivera, a 37-year-old teacher and leader of the National Roundtable on Mining in El Salvador.
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