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
Pro-Palestine students set up a "liberated zone" in Schenley Plaza on April 23, 2024.

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. 
Protesters face police officers at the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on Sunday, June 2, 2024.

Protesters head to non-jury trial after summer encampment arrests

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer • January 27, 2025
Six Pitt students and alumni will appear in court this month on charges stemming from protests that escalated into confrontations with police.
A pro-Israel protester holds an American flag during the event at Schenley Plaza on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Opinion | Stop shifting the goalposts for Zionism

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024
Netanyahu threatened the genocidal hammer onto the civilians of Lebanon for not fighting against Hezbollah, an armed resistance group formed in the 1980s in face of Israeli aggression. Not only is Netanyahu seemingly proud of the Gaza destruction, he’s willing to leverage the hundreds of thousands of dead Palestinians as a scare tactic against the Lebanese.
A protester leads the march on Thursday, Oct. 3

Op-Ed | The University of Pittsburgh is vindictively intimidating anti-genocide protesters to discourage people from speaking out

By Hiba Siddiqui, Psychology Major • October 15, 2024
As the administration parades around hollow values of “compassion” and “free expression,” they fail to acknowledge one of the most well-documented genocides currently raging in Palestine.
Attendees listen to a speaker at the Teach In, Walk Out for Divestment in front of the Cathedral of Learning on Thursday.

Teach-in gathers students after a walkout, faculty for education on Palestinian resistance

By Kelly McPoyle, Staff Writer • October 11, 2024
About 50 people gathered outside the Cathedral of Learning on Thursday afternoon for a teach-in about Palestinian resistance and the fight for divestment as part of Pitt Apartheid Divest’s "Week of Rage" events.
An attendee holds a candle during the Community Vigil for Gaza on Monday.

‘They have stories’: Students, community members recognize Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7 

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer • October 9, 2024
Several pro-Palestinian organizations held an interfaith vigil on Monday evening in recognition of the estimated 42,000 people who have been killed in Gaza since last year’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
Protesters gather around an intersection on CMU’s campus on Thursday, Oct. 3.

Students, community members march for Lebanon and Palestine

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer • October 4, 2024
About 250 students, alumni and community members marched in solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine on Thursday evening in a demonstration organized by several pro-Palestinian activist organizations.
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters face off during the event at Schenley Plaza on Tuesday.

Photos: SJP hosts the first Pro-Palestine protest of the school year

By Liam Sullivan and Bhaskar Chakrabarti • September 3, 2024

Students for Justice in Palestine, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition and Pitt Divest from Apartheid, hosted a pro-Palestine rally at Schenley Plaza at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The rally...

Tents crowd the lawn outside of the Cathedral of Learning on Monday, June 3.

SGB issues statement regarding community and recent protests, student activist organizations respond

By Spencer Levering, News Editor • July 12, 2024
Following the second pro-Palestinian encampment at Pitt, the Student Government Board released a statement on July 5 expressing support for on-campus Jewish organizations and condemned discrimination in the campus community. Progressive Students for Change at Pitt, a pro-Palestinian activist organization, responded saying SGB has “misrepresented” their cause.
Police officer stands tensely in front of a “HANDS OFF YEMEN” sign at the Palestine solidarity encampment on Monday, June 3.

Opinion | What does it mean for a state entity to defend itself?

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • June 12, 2024
Their billy clubs that beat back student protestors, their tear gas that dispersed countless Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and their guns that ended 1,195 lives last year are all protected by the greatest power in the police’s repertoire — the legal right to exercise physical violence against the population.
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