Trump’s first year back in office draws criticism from the Pitt community

By Ella Pochron, Staff Writer  • January 21, 2026

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, will mark President Trump’s first year in office for his second presidency term. Pitt professors and students discuss how his term has gone so far.

First year back: Students reflect on President Trump’s return to the White House

By Jamese Platt, Staff Writer • November 4, 2025

Pitt students are weighing in on how President Donald Trump’s second presidential term has affected them and their country so far.

Energy and Innovation Summit at CMU draws leaders and protesters

By Briana Bindus, News Editor • July 16, 2025

On Tuesday, July 15, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick’s inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit gathered at Carnegie Mellon University. The summit gathered leaders in technology, energy and AI, investors and government officials, including President Donald Trump.

Opinion | Language cannot be legislated

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • April 3, 2025

The United States is a multicultural nation rich in a variety of ethnicities, languages and lifestyles. To make one identity the standard is to erase the linguistic and cultural diversity that has defined America since its inception.

Opinion | Empowering community opposes fascism

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • February 21, 2025

Although it is not a surprise to most that Trump pulled the United States out of the UN Human Rights Council after he did the same thing in 2018 due to “bias against Israel,” this move means Palestinian refugees are deprived of health care, food and education that U.S. funding to UNRWA supports. 

Opinion | The death of expertise and the rise of unqualified leaders

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • February 7, 2025

Everyone has opinions, and with enough confidence, opinions can start to feel like expertise. But that kind of confidence can be dangerous.

Editorial | Placing trans women in men’s prisons is a death sentence

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 28, 2025

While the executive order represents a very unfortunate step back in visibility for trans and intersex people, it will directly and drastically increase the suffering of those already suffocating under the government’s boot — prison inmates.

Opinion | I am a broken record worth listening to

By Grace Harris, Senior Staff Columnist • January 28, 2025

The repetitive statements on my record are not nonsensical — they derive from the basic morality that this nation has lost in each campaign cycle involving Donald Trump. Most notably, this record is consistent and backed with evidence — at its most basic level, it plays songs advocating for equality.

Opinion | Trump’s latest strategy for combating ‘gender ideology’ is pretending he cares about women

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • January 24, 2025

Still, the name of one of Trump’s first executive orders — “Defending women from gender ideology extremism and restoring biological truth to the federal government” — should make even his staunchest defenders wince. Because, let’s be honest, Trump doesn’t give a hoot about defending women.

Editorial | Schools must remain ICE-free to protect children

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 24, 2025

The 1982 Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe ruled that undocumented children have the right to public education, and it was believed that immigration arrests that took place in the school environment were unconstitutional. This is clearly not a belief of the Trump administration any longer, as Trump’s threats to commit a mass deportation — specifically against Latinx populations — become an increasingly likely reality.