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Opinion | Democratic calls for rifle bans are misinformed

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist • September 29, 2019

For the sake of competent policy, Americans should hope that proposed gun legislation like this is not put into action.

Opinion | A leftist push won’t help Democrats

By Michael Clifford, For The Pitt News • June 25, 2019

There is still room for a moderate to take the nomination and defeat Trump.

Editorial: Democratic newcomers need to learn from 2016 mistakes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 13, 2019

If Democrats want to win back the White House, their presidential candidates need to learn from the last time around and not allow campaigning and rhetoric to get as ugly and intense as it did in 2016.

Editorial: Eliminating superdelegates is the best policy for democrats

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • August 29, 2018

But since superdelegates have never voted against the decisions of primary voters, granting special voting rights to party officials — including elected Democrats — never had any real influence on the election. And if Washington elites did have the audacity to vote against their base, they could throw the Democratic party into a hugely divisive state.

Editorial: Eliminating superdelegates is the best policy for democrats

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • August 29, 2018

But since superdelegates have never voted against the decisions of primary voters, granting special voting rights to party officials — including elected Democrats — never had any real influence on the election. And if Washington elites did have the audacity to vote against their base, they could throw the Democratic party into a hugely divisive state.

Editorial: Third parties show need for all candidates to step it up

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 15, 2018

If any aspect of the massively hyped special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District went unnoticed, it was Libertarian Party candidate Drew Miller. After a preliminary count of the...

Lamb misses the mark on gun issues

By Jeremy Wang | Senior Columnist • February 22, 2018

Southwestern Pennsylvania loves its guns. And for many Democrats outside Pittsburgh’s City limits, that part of the region’s culture has become a stumbling block to winning public office. Throughout...

Editorial: Despite new district map, parties still responsible for success

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 21, 2018

The Supreme Court released a new Pennsylvania Congressional District map Monday, redrawn to correct the state’s 2011 Republican-drawn version of the map, which the Supreme Court ruled as being an “unconstitutional...

Biden begs the presidential question

By Maggie Durwald | Columnist • February 16, 2018

I settled into my seat at the Carnegie Music Hall Monday night, surrounded by cheering audience members, whose exclamations of “Run, Joe, run!” rang throughout the hall. Former Vice President Joe Biden...

Don’t count out conservative Democrats

By Henry Glitz | Opinions Editor • September 17, 2017

With a mix of fear, anger and sheer disbelief, I watched the television screen in my friends’ apartment as CNN’s correspondent tapped an interactive map, coloring Pennsylvania red. Last fall’s...