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The Pitt News

Recycling and garbage bins in the William Pitt Union.

Editorial | Oakland needs to improve its recycling habits

September 17, 2025
The Pitt News Editorial Board argues that there are unnecessary obstacles to recycling in Pittsburgh, and there needs to be a greater effort to educate citizens on how to recycle in Oakland.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey answers questions from moderator Ann Belser at the Mayoral Forum at Chatham University on Sunday, Feb. 2.

Editorial | We’re still waiting for better candidates

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 28, 2025
This week’s Pitt News Editorial discusses the upcoming mayoral election and the candidates in the race.
The Allegheny County Democratic Committee endorsed Heather Kass in her campaign for the state House of Representatives.

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.
The New York Times Building in New York City.

Editorial: NYT double endorsement is a cop-out

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 21, 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

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.
Keith Burris, who published an editorial last year headlined “Reason as racism,” will assume the additional duty of executive editor of the Post-Gazette.

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.
Tacos from the recently reopened Oakland Las Palmas location.

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:
Illustration by Eli Savage | Staff Illustrator

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...

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

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 16, 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...

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (19) reacts after a second half touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 12. He then received a one-game suspension for injuring Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict in fourth quarter.
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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...

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