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Editorial | Tennessee’s House expulsion is a wake-up call to the nation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • April 9, 2023

The Tennessee House is experiencing a frightening political conflict. In a move President Joe Biden hailed as “shocking, undemocratic and without precedent,” Tennessee’s House GOP cast a dark shadow over American democracy last week.

Opinion | The right is trying to eradicate queer futurity under the guise of protecting children

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, Staff Columnist • March 19, 2023

For LGBTQ+ people in America, 2022 marked a year filled with fear and uncertainty as the right introduced a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. In 2023, these anxieties spiked as some of these proposed bills turned into reality.

Opinion | Republican political tactics show the party still doesn’t care about antisemitism

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist • February 17, 2023

The GOP’s moral crusade against antisemitism in the Democratic party is purely political and shows that the party doesn’t care about preventing the spread of hate.

Editorial | House GOP is endangering civil rights, liberties by disbanding subcommittee

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 6, 2023

At the end of January, the GOP-controlled House Oversight and Accountability Committee leaders disbanded the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee. Following this decision, some House Democrats expressed concern, saying “GOP Oversight⁩ tried to toss out the Civil Rights Subcommittee without anybody noticing.”

Opinion | The groomer moral panic has fatal consequences

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist • October 23, 2022

The recent terror attack in Slovakia illustrates the deadly consequences of hateful rhetoric against the LGBTQ+ community.

Opinion | Liz Cheney isn’t spineless, just soulless

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • September 14, 2022

Despite her involvement on the Jan. 6 House committee, Rep. Liz Cheney has worked against the interests of everyday people, much like the whole Republican Party.

Pitt students and alumni run for state House

By Sophia Mastroianni | Staff Writer • March 23, 2018

Jacob Pavlecic and his best friend Quin McLaughlin’s conversations were usually about local sports. But after the 2016 election, McLaughlin — now a student at Slippery Rock University — surprised...

Libertarians lose in 2018 without the GOP

By Noah Manalo | For The Pitt News • January 11, 2018

After a year of hurricanes devastating countries, terror attacks shaking citizens and a seemingly endless number of cultural influencers losing their reputations and their lives, many are looking to 2018...

GOP tax plan threatens grad students the most

By Maggie Durwald | Columnist • December 7, 2017

The Republican Party has once again proven itself to be an enemy of science and higher education — this time in the form of its new tax plan, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. With a vote of 51-49 during...

Editorial: GOP tax plan would aggrieve grad students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 20, 2017

Republicans acted last week with their tax bill to relinquish the United States’ status as a country with one of the highest official corporate tax rates in the world. In its place, the GOP plans to...