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
Trump's inadequate response to the Tree of Life shooting

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

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.
U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron were photographed together at an event in Paris on July 13, 2017.

Editorial: Heed Macron’s warning about nationalism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 13, 2018
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.
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House.

The president who cried ‘fake news’

By Kelly Loftus, Staff Columnist • November 12, 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.
A White House staff member (left) tries to take away the microphone from CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta during an exchange with President Donald Trump on Nov. 7 in Washington, D.C.

Editorial: Attack on Acosta is an attack on all media

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 9, 2018
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.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Oct. 17.

Editorial: Sessions’ resignation could curb Russia investigation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 8, 2018
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 Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark from Air Force One in Coraopolis, Pa. around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

President Trump arrives in Pittsburgh in wake of Tree of Life shooting

By Janine Faust and Hannah Schneider • October 30, 2018

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....

Peaceful protesters handed flowers that read “#LoveTRUMPSHate” to Trump supporters at a protest outside the David Lawrence Convention Center on April 16, 2016, where Trump was expected to speak.

Editorial: Pittsburgh doesn’t welcome Trump

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 30, 2018
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.
A Tomahawk cruise missile from a 2002 test firing off the coast of California. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Editorial: Leaving nuclear treaty is a mistake

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 21, 2018
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.
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