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Editorial | Racism as reason: Black journalists aren’t biased

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • June 10, 2020

We’re appalled — though unfortunately, not shocked — by the racist behavior of Post-Gazette management.

Op-Ed | Our Voices Must Be Heard

By Nana Gyabaah-Kessie, president of the African Students Organization; Blya Ange Krouba, vice president of the African Students Organization; Cameron Clarke, president of the Caribbean and Latin American Students Association • June 9, 2020

How can we be calm when we are constantly harmed mentally and physically? How do we reclaim our inherent titles as Kings and Queens when we are viewed as dishonorable and shameful? As black people, WE ARE TIRED.

Pitt administrators address George Floyd’s death, nationwide protests

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer • June 3, 2020

Floyd, a black man, died after white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes as Floyd said he couldn’t breathe.

Editorial | Black Lives Matter: Now is the time to lift up black voices

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • June 2, 2020

It’s our job to elevate voices who understand and are affected by a given issue the most. Right now, that means using our platform to elevate black voices.

Op-ed | We Are Done Dying

By Morgan Ottley, President of Black Action Society • June 2, 2020

We live in the shadows of our own survival, hiding from the terrible outcomes that meet us everytime we step foot into the world. We are done falling victim to death at the hands of our oppressors.

Op-ed | Racial Justice: Get Connected, Get Committed

By James Huguley, Interim Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems • June 2, 2020

To many, this latest flurry of death feels unprecedented. Except it’s not. It’s absolutely not.

VIDEO: 50th Anniversary of the Black Action Society

October 24, 2019

Oakland protests white officer’s acquittal

By Emily Wolfe, Assistant News Editor • March 23, 2019

Organizers of Saturday’s protests had three demands: The dismissal of the district attorney, the dismissal of a much-criticized police union president and the creation of a police review board.

Photos: Blacks Lives Matter and Never Again protest

By Thomas Yang | Visual Editor • March 31, 2018

“What to we want? Gun control! When do we want it? Now!” “No justice, no peace. No racist police.” Each of those chants are common refrains heard in countless protests around the country....

Protest on campus combines Black Lives Matter and Never Again

By John Hamilton / Managing Editor • March 31, 2018

"What do we want? Gun control! When do we want it? Now!" "No justice, no peace. No racist police." Both of those chants are common refrains heard in countless protests across the country — the...