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
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are Pittsburgh’s professional soccer team. They will be playing again this Saturday night in the Eastern Conference semifinals — the biggest match in the club’s 20-year history.

Column: Riverhounds could benefit from relegation

By Dominic Campbell, Senior Staff Writer • October 30, 2019
No matter how far Pittsburgh’s red-hot Riverhounds advance in the USLC playoffs, they won't have the chance for upward mobility in America's soccer pyramid. This should change.
Opinions editor Leah Mensch wears a Tree of Life necklace.

Poetry | We Are the Tree Of Life

By Leah Mensch, Opinions Editor • October 27, 2019
Leah Mensch reflects on her Jewish identity one year after the 11 people were killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
Pittsburgh announced it will start construction of a trail system from Oakland through the South Side.

Editorial: South Side walker and biker trail project insufficient

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 20, 2019
While these safety measures are an improvement, they shouldn’t be limited to people who only travel through Oakland and the South Side.
Teenagers in the criminal justice system are some of the most vulnerable to maltreatment.

Editorial: The youth justice system is unjust

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 6, 2019
Deliberate changes must be made locally and nationally to ensure fairer investigations and treatment of children being prosecuted.
Pitt’s partnership with the Healthy Ride program only benefits first-years and resident assistants.

Editorial | Unlimited 30-minute bike rides for first years are a good start

By Pitt News Editorial Board • August 26, 2019
Only first-year students and RAs are included in Healthy Ride’s pilot bike program, but this is an opportunity that all students should be able to reap the benefits of.
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.
Gallery: Pittsburgh Pride

Gallery: Pittsburgh Pride

By Thomas Yang, Visual Editor • June 11, 2019

New York-style pizza and Boston lagers.

Sports fan bases that should share a beer

By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor • April 11, 2019
A Pittsburgh bakery teamed up with a Cleveland brewery to make a cake-flavored beer, making us think about other rival fan bases that could benefit from an alcoholic culture mash-up.
At least 165 officers died from suicide in 2018, marking the third straight year that police suicides outnumbered line-of-duty deaths.

Opinion | Our police deserve better mental health care

By Jeremy Wang, Assistant Opinions Editor • April 2, 2019
Police in America faced a deadly year in 2018 with 144 line of duty deaths. Far less attention is paid to police suicides, which are just as deadly.
A demonstrator holds a sign reading “enough is enough” at the die-in demonstration organized by Black Action Society on Wednesday.

Op-ed: Memory of Antwon Rose denied justice

By Black Action Society of the University of Pittsburgh • March 27, 2019
To the Black community of Pittsburgh: with each passing acquittal, we are blatantly shown our value in the eyes of those designated to “protect us.”
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