Editorial: Trump fundamentally misunderstands role of justice system
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 27, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court Friday to fast-track the case of the President Donald Trump’s military ban for transgender citizens, an obvious overstep by the executive branch — and it’s not the first time the Trump administration has crossed this line.
Editorial: Troops not necessary to welcome migrant caravan
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 26, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
An order from the White House gives these troops permission to use lethal force against migrants to protect Customs and Border Protection personnel. This is yet another example of the Trump administration’s inability to humanely and intelligently deal with immigration.
Editorial: Trump wrongly blames forest management for fires
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 18, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump has once again proven himself incapable of appropriately responding to tragedy, resorting to victim-blaming and threats rather than promising to help with disaster relief.
Trump’s inadequate response to the Tree of Life shooting
By Mackenzie Oster, For The Pitt News
November 16, 2018
Trump’s initial response to the Pittsburgh shooting was to suggest the addition of armed guards in places of worship and a stricter implementation of the death penalty. Both of Trump’s suggestions model the behavior that they seek to prevent — the addition of more violence and death to society.
Trump’s transgender policies disregard science, human rights
By Sandy Fairclough, Staff Columnist
November 14, 2018
The transgender community won’t be silenced by the Trump administration's transphobic policies.
Editorial: Heed Macron’s warning about nationalism
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 13, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
The centennial demonstrated that a century hasn’t made foreign relations any simpler — in fact, we may be sliding back into old habits. And French President Emmanuel Macron made a serious case for the collective good at a time when the forces of nationalism are dividing the world in the same way they did leading up to WWI.
The president who cried ‘fake news’
By Kelly Loftus, Staff Columnist
November 11, 2018
Trump’s tumultuous relationship with the media has quickly become a defining characteristic of his presidency. But this war against the media not only signifies a lack of respect for both the Constitution and American history, it represents a threat to one of democracy’s most basic fundamentals rights — freedom of the press.
Editorial: Attack on Acosta is an attack on all media
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 9, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
President Donald Trump’s administration has a history of attacking the press, but its most recent attack is alarmingly reminiscent of ways authoritarian countries like China treat the press.
Editorial: Sessions’ resignation could curb Russia investigation
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 8, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Wednesday's events showed a president who feels trapped by an FBI investigation that is slowly drawing to a close and a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
President Trump arrives in Pittsburgh in wake of Tree of Life shooting
By Janine Faust and Hannah Schneider
October 30, 2018
Filed under City, News, Top Stories
As Air Force One touched down at the Pittsburgh International Airport around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, thousands of Pittsburghers gathered in Squirrel Hill to make their dissatisfaction with his visit known. But the two didn’t overlap — Trump made no public appearances in his time in Pittsburgh, and the...
Editorial: Pittsburgh doesn’t welcome Trump
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 29, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
If the president had any respect for the victims and their families, he would stay away and allow them time to mourn without his heavily politicizing presence.
Editorial: Leaving nuclear treaty is a mistake
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 21, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
The president’s decision to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty not only further confirms the United States’ international reputation as a poor partner, but it also presents a real threat to nuclear disarmament and world security.