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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Union supporters deliver letters from elected officials supporting the union to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher Tuesday. (Photo by Janine Faust / Contributing Editor)

Pitt faculty, grads present political support for unions

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor • September 13, 2017

As grad students and faculty gathered outside Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s door in the Cathedral of Learning Tuesday afternoon, a Pitt police officer cut a path to the front and addressed the crowd. “Who’s...

Berkeley braces for right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro’s visit

By Anna M. Phillips | Los Angeles Times (TNS) • September 12, 2017

Girding itself for a visit from another polarizing political figure and the possibility of more violent protests, the University of California, Berkeley is tightening campus security. In a message sent...

President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference on Aug. 28. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: Don’t let presidency divide the same side

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • August 29, 2017

Religion often claims to be the moral compass of a society. But when religious leaders take political sides, rather than moral, the people are left with a compass that points in two different directions. Leaders...

Bernie Sanders called the GOP health care bill "a barbaric and immoral piece of legislation” at a health care rally at the convention center Saturday. (Photo by John Hamilton/Editor-in-Chief)

Sanders criticizes GOP health care bill at Pittsburgh rally

By Lexi Kennell / Contributing Editor • June 25, 2017

If the 1,600 people at Saturday’s health care rally take Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ advice, Republican senators’ phone lines will be busy all week. The former presidential candidate, along with...

Protesters disrupt talk by pro-police author at California college

By Howard Blume | Los Angeles Times (TNS) • April 9, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Administrators expressed disappointment and threatened discipline in the wake of a demonstration that disrupted a planned public event last week featuring conservative commentator and author...

GALLERY: Women’s March and Rally in Downtown Pittsburgh and East Liberty

By Pitt News Visual Staff • January 22, 2017

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Marchers lined Pennylvania Ave. for about one mile as they protested. There were at least 500,000 marchers, according to most estimates. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

GALLERY: Women’s March on Washington

By John Hamilton | Visual Editor • January 21, 2017

A protester raises a fist in solidarity during a moment of silence on the Birmingham Bridge for victims of hate crimes following the election of Donald Trump. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Gallery: One thousand take to the streets to promote love, protest Trump

By Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor • November 17, 2016

One protester, dressed as a dinosaur, held a sign proclaiming, "Water is life, extinction is forever." Stephen Caruso | Senior Staff Photographer

Gallery: Dakota Access Pipeline protest in Schenley Plaza

By Stephen Caruso / Senior Staff Photographer • November 5, 2016

Stephen Caruso | Senior Staff Photographer

GALLERY: Trump Visit Sparks Protests in Downtown Pittsburgh

By Stephen Caruso and Jordan Mondell / Pitt News Staff • September 22, 2016

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