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Around 300 people gathered Saturday afternoon at the corner of Forbes and Oakland avenues.

PHOTOS: ‘Stop Asian Hate’ rally

By Dalia Maeroff and Zechariah Wu March 20, 2021
Around 300 people gathered Saturday afternoon at the corner of Forbes and Oakland avenues for a “Stop Asian Hate” rally. Here are images of the rally from TPN photographers.
Six members from Serve the People Pittsburgh gathered at the corner of S. Bouquet Street and Forbes Avenue urging pedestrians to not vote and instead focus on “revolutionary solutions” Tuesday afternoon.

Protesters urge people to boycott election

By Millicent Watt and Ashton Crawley November 4, 2020
Protesters gathered at the corner of South Bouquet Street and Forbes Avenue Tuesday afternoon and held a banner reading, “Don’t vote, fight for revolution.”
Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers kneels for the national anthem at Levis Stadium in October 2016 in Santa Clara, California.

‘Big 4’ sports leagues focus on social justice issues in a year like no other

By Tyler Mathes, Staff Writer October 28, 2020
Society’s problems have never blended into the sports world the way they have in 2020
Three faculty members from the history department spoke about the history of race and protest Thursday morning at the “How Did We Get Here? Histories of Race, Discrimination, and Protest” session.

History faculty explores roots of racism, protest in America

By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor July 30, 2020
Three faculty members from the history department — Laurence Glasco, Laura Lovett and Stoner — spoke about the history of race and protest Thursday morning at the “How Did We Get Here? Histories of Race, Discrimination, and Protest” session.
Students sit outside the William Pitt Union  as a part of Black Action Society’s die-in demonstration on Wednesday. Protests have occurred on campus and Downtown over the last six days as a result of Michael Rosfeld being found not guilty after being charged with homicide for his June 2018 fatal shooting of Antwon Rose.

Editorial: Allies, know our place

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff March 28, 2019
It’s not about what makes us comfortable. It’s not about what we want to do and it’s not about our opinions. It’s about their justified anger.
Protesters marched from Freedom Corner in the Hill District to Market Square, where they continued their demonstration.

Downtown protests against Rosfeld verdict focus on change, solidarity

By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer March 25, 2019
A jury acquitted Rosfeld Friday after only four hours of deliberation, which drew peaceful protesters to the Hill District neighborhood less than 24 hours later.
(TPN file illustration)

Community groups call for city to release Amazon bid

By Kieran Mclean | For The Pitt News June 27, 2018

Members of nine community groups gathered at City Hall Thursday morning in front of a sky-blue banner declaring “The City of Pittsburgh Welcomes You.” The crowd demanded that the City release the conditions...

Someone from the crowd called all babies, young ones, to the center of the protest on Thursday night in front of the East Pittsburgh Police Department. The protests follow Antwon Roses death at the hand of a former Pitt police officer on Tuesday night. (Photo by Kieran Mclean | For The Pitt News)

Community responds after high school student fatally shot by police

After East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld fatally shot unarmed Woodland Hills High School student Antwon Rose Tuesday night, the community responded quickly, organizing daily protests that Pittsburgh...

Free the Planet, an environmental organization at Pitt, organized Friday morning’s banner drop off of Smithfield Street bridge in protest of the construction of Beaver County’s ethylene cracker plant. (Photo courtesy of Mark Dixon)

Pitt protesters pressure Peduto on Shell plant

By Jon Kunitsky | For the Pitt News June 6, 2018

The seven-year-long battle over an ethane cracker plant between Shell Chemical, the petrochemicals arm of Royal Dutch Shell, and clean-climate activists took another turn Friday morning when a group...

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