Opinion | Know violence in vocabulary
By Leah Mensch, Staff Columnist
March 19, 2019
In Mexico City, Valeria Luiselli is a name most households know and love. In the United States, the author is lesser known, though that’s begun to change.
Editorial: Trump defies bipartisanship for border fiction
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 6, 2019
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Despite the triumphs made in the last year, Trump’s address only further displayed eagerness to use falsehoods to stoke fear and xenophobic anger to accomplish his political ends.
Editorial: Trump’s test of emergency powers
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 11, 2019
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
The National Emergencies Act of 1976 was originally passed to provide a check on presidential power while codifying specific constraints under which presidents could declare states of emergency. Congress must enforce this intent.
Editorial: Separating families is unethical no matter how it’s handled
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 20, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Reporters were recently permitted to visit to a shelter in Texas housing 1,500 migrant boys who crossed the southern U.S. border illegally. The children staying in the shelter have been deemed “unaccompanied minors.” Not all of them arrived that way. Nearly 2,500 children have been separated from ...