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Editorial: Allegheny County endorses Heather Kass, neglects more progressive candidates

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 18, 2020

The ACDC’s endorsement of Kass is a poor decision because her views are not reflective of the larger Democratic party and her receiving the endorsement will not unify Democrats in the region.

Editorial: NYT double endorsement is a cop-out

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 22, 2020

Where The New York Times evidently see this double endorsement as a revolutionary move, it’s nothing short of a cop-out that misses the point of an endorsement entirely.

Top 10: Space Force Objectives

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 22, 2019

Get in the shuttle, loser, we’re going to make the galaxy great again. As the Space Force blasts off, here are 10 top priorities for the new military branch.

Editorial: Post-Gazette executive editor threatens newspaper integrity

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 20, 2019

Not only does Burris’ new assignment indicate a condonement of the whitewashing of racism, but it flies in the face of journalistic ethics.

Top 5 / Bottom 5: Las Palmas

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 8, 2019

Las Palmas has a cult following on campus — but is there anything they could do that would actually cause them to lose support? Read more here:

The Post-Gazette pushes back after Rob Rogers’ firing

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • June 20, 2018

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fired cartoonist Rob Rogers June 14 for being “unwilling to collaborate on his cartoons” after 25 years of creating editorial cartoons for the paper. Rogers claims that...

Editorial: Post-Gazette editorial not representative of newspaper or city

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 17, 2018

If the Pittsburgh Post-Gazettes’ Monday editorial “Reason as racism” put a bad taste in your mouth, you’re not alone. The editorial defended President Donald Trump’s inflammatory statement...

Editorial: NFL player safety more important than politics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • December 6, 2017

It seems like the National Football League won’t leave the headlines. The week 13 game Monday night between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals turned violent, resulting in a potentially...

Editorial: Senator Flake denounces, but forfeits to the new normal

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 25, 2017

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake from Arizona delivered a 17-minute speech on the Senate floor Tuesday denouncing “the new normal” and declaring he won’t seek reelection in 2018 — but his powerful political...

Editorial: In wake of Weinstein, keep pushing forward

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 19, 2017

Most English teachers — and certainly any editor — will say to use the active voice when possible. Jackson Katz, an educator and author at the forefront of the male feminism movement, wants to make...