Opinion | Lori Loughlin’s prison sentence further exposes biases in the criminal justice system
By Remy Samuels, Staff Columnist
September 1, 2020
The recent announcement that actress Lori Loughlin received a two-month prison sentence for her involvement in the “Varsity Blues” scandal is yet another example of how biased the criminal justice system is toward people of privilege and fame.
Share your experiences of hate and bias on campus
By John Hamilton / Managing Editor
November 30, 2017
The Pitt News is joining ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project to better report on incidents of hate, bias and harassment at Pitt — and we want to hear your stories. Reports of hate crimes are up nationwide, and college campuses are no exception. The Federal Bureau of Investigation received rep...
FEMA fails minority communities
By Saket Rajprohat | Columnist
May 10, 2017
A lot of volunteers pick up litter, serve food or build houses. But not all are backdropped by the snow-capped peak of Mount Adams in southern Washington state. Third-year rehabilitation science major Bethany Lindsey saw this scenery firsthand when she volunteered with Sacred Road Ministries, a group un...
Facebook’s news suppression misleads users
By Marlo Safi | Senior Columnist
May 17, 2016
Facebook is synonymous with nagging family, bragging friends and viral memes, but we rarely associate the social networking site with news. On an everyday basis, I log into Facebook and am immediately inundated: friends’ shameless selfies posted to fish Facebook’s superficial depths for validation, a...