The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Kamala Harris lays out economic vision for America in speech at CMU

Kamala Harris lays out economic vision for America in speech at CMU

By Spencer Levering, Assistant News Editor • September 26, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech about strengthening the middle class, supporting small businesses and her economic vision for America at Carnegie Mellon University.
Satire | Boomer reacts to college student say they “aren’t sure” what they’re doing after graduation

Satire | Boomer reacts to college student say they “aren’t sure” what they’re doing after graduation

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • March 25, 2024
Kids these days just sit on their tushies and complain about tens of thousands of dollars of student loans. I’ll tell you right now, all they have to do is raise a mule from infancy, suckle it themselves, and their school would happily exchange that for a degree, just like mine.
Opinion | I’m an anti-capitalist Material Girl — and you can be too

Opinion | I’m an anti-capitalist Material Girl — and you can be too

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • May 24, 2022
I am a self-proclaimed anti-capitalist Material Girl — and you can be too. And don’t worry if you’re not a girl, because anyone can be a MG at heart.
Opinion | The creator economy can hurt users

Opinion | The creator economy can hurt users

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, Staff Columnist • April 12, 2022
Social media no longer feels like a community, but instead like a platform for me to sell a filtered version of myself.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., plans to institute a tax on “excessive lobbying,” in an attempt to limit impacts on decision makers by lobbying organizations.

Elizabeth Warren’s “lobbyist tax” attacks First Amendment in more ways than one

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist • October 16, 2019
Warren’s idea is more than an ineffective proposal to curtail government corruption by limiting advocacy spending by organizations.
Danah Bialoruski

Editorial | Climate change denial is an economic and environmental failure

By Pitt News Editorial Board • August 29, 2019
It’s likely that even older generations will have to face the financial burdens of denying climate change, especially with these loosening regulations.
U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works plant.

Editorial | Pennsylvania politicians need to take Clairton pollution seriously

By Pitt News Editorial Board • June 18, 2019
We place trust in these politicians to protect us, and their refusal to acknowledge the health and environmental violations is doing the opposite.
A California prison lethal injection room.

Opinion | Time to execute the death penalty

By Leah Mensch, Opinions Editor • June 4, 2019
The United States is one of the few developed countries in which the death penalty is still legal in certain places, despite it being an inhumane and outdated form of punishment. The practice is also expensive, irreversible and ineffective when it comes to curbing criminal offenses.
Gold ingots.

Opinion | The Trump boom can’t last

By Michael Clifford, For The Pitt News • May 22, 2019
Mixed economic signals are popping up everywhere that suggest a downturn soon. Given the uncertainty, it would be wise to hold a skeptical outlook for the near future.
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