‘Feeling of hope’ on Indigenous Peoples’ Day as City prepares Columbus statue removal
By Ashton Crawley, Assistant News Editor
October 13, 2020
As a child, Miguel Sague III often walked by the Christopher Columbus statue near Phipps Conservatory and wondered why a man who killed his ancestors had a monument. Sague, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh, is a member of the Taíno people — the first Indigenous group that Christopher Columbus encountered on his expedition in 1492.
Peduto: Expanding, not defunding, is the future of Pittsburgh police
By Rebecca Johnson and India Krug
October 5, 2020
Mayor Bill Peduto said at a roundtable last Thursday that reforming the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police requires investing more in the police force rather than defunding it. No protest organizers were included as panelists at the event.
Editorial | Mayor Peduto must radically support Black Lives Matter
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 23, 2020
It’s time for Mayor Peduto to rise above performative activism and definitively demonstrate that he stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.
Pitt students, faculty express concerns over City arrest in unmarked van
By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor
August 21, 2020
For Eric Macadangdang, the arrest of a protest marshal by City police officers outside Pitt’s Barco Law Building last Saturday is a safety concern for all Pitt students.
March to Market Square: Women’s March Pittsburgh takes on fourth year
By Caroline Bourque, Elise Lavallee, and Lucy Li
January 21, 2020
Hosted by Women’s March D.C. and Indivisible Pittsburgh, the fourth annual Pittsburgh Women’s March was subtitled “Hear our vote! No to war!”
Peduto signs gun control bills, lawsuit filed in county court
By Jon Moss, Contributing Editor
April 10, 2019
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto signed three controversial gun control bills into law Tuesday afternoon, including one that prohibits the usage of certain assault weapons within the City. Several Pittsburgh residents immediately filed a lawsuit against Peduto and the City Council, arguing a state law preempts the new City law.
Pitt students gather to support Jewish community
By Christian Snyder, Editor-in-Chief
November 6, 2018
In a combined effort on Monday afternoon, members of the Pitt community gathered in support of the Jewish community. The vigil featured words from Mayor Bill Peduto along with several musical performances from student a cappella groups.
Pitt protesters pressure Peduto on Shell plant
By Jon Kunitsky | For the Pitt News
June 6, 2018
The seven-year-long battle over an ethane cracker plant between Shell Chemical, the petrochemicals arm of Royal Dutch Shell, and clean-climate activists took another turn Friday morning when a group of Pitt alumni and current students took to the Smithfield Street Bridge to drop a banner in protes...
Peduto, Fitzgerald face questions at town hall
By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer
June 6, 2018
Citizens had a chance to address pressing issues like Amazon, small businesses and the ethane plant in Beaver County with some of Pittsburgh’s most important figures — Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald — Monday night at Union Project in Highland Park. Peduto, F...
Amazon HQ2 debate continues in Pittsburgh
By Grant Burgman | News Editor
May 30, 2018
Amazon first stirred up conversation in Oakland and in Pittsburgh when the Seattle-based electronic commerce company opened a pickup location on Oakland Avenue in October. The City was launched into one of the biggest national business stories in recent memory when Amazon announced in January that the Steel City was o...