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
Letter to the Editor | Hold racist white women accountable

Letter to the Editor | Hold racist white women accountable

By Taylor Robinson, Rising Pitt Senior • July 7, 2020
Taylor Robinson argues in a letter to the editor that white women labeled as “Karens” are neither victims of cancel culture nor unprecedented times.
Two of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s prominent black journalists have been barred from covering protests in Pittsburgh following the killing of George Floyd.

Editorial | Racism as reason: Black journalists aren’t biased

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • June 9, 2020
We’re appalled — though unfortunately, not shocked — by the racist behavior of Post-Gazette management.
Najeeba Syeed, left, of Los Angeles, hugs Judy Gilliland, of Lakewood, California, during a news conference at The Islamic Center of Los Angeles on Friday, March 15. Muslims and people of all faiths came together in prayer at The Islamic Center of Los Angeles one day after the shooting in a mosque in New Zealand killed 50 people.

Editorial: Rise in white nationalism fed by politicians

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 17, 2019
In wake of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, we’ve seen that such blatant refusals to admit the gravity of white supremacy and racism have a wider effect than just the United States alone.
More than a dozen swastikas were drawn in the snow on car hoods last January on Meyran Avenue.

Editorial: Pitt is no place for hate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 16, 2019
We’ve all heard slurs that target a wide range of ethnicities, religions, genders and sexual orientations. But there is no place for this kind of language at Pitt or in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh's winter weather frequently frustrates commuters.

Racial slurs found on car roofs in South Oakland

By Brian Gentry, Assistant News Editor • January 16, 2019
Racial slurs were found written in snow on car hoods in South Oakland Sunday night.
U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa during the annual American Conservative Union CPAC on March 3, 2016, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Editorial | GOP hard on King, soft on Trump

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 16, 2019
The Republican leadership likely hopes their actions against King will be seen as a genuine stand against white supremacy, not something done when it is politically convenient. The GOP’s silence on Trump says otherwise.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle Saturday, May 19. The couple holds the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex. (Photo courtesy of Jane Barlow/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial: A royal wedding does not solve racism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • May 23, 2018

American actress Meghan Markle’s marriage to the British Prince Harry featured celebrity guests, beautiful decor and a well-dressed, smitten couple — staples of any royal wedding. But when Markle walked...

Gregory Dober, Adjunct Professor at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, gives an introductory presentation on Thomas Parran’s career at the “Thomas Parran, His Name, and His Legacy — A Symposium” panel. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Pitt debates presence of Parran’s past

By Thompson Wymard | Staff Writer, Contributed reporting by Cassidy Power • March 30, 2018

Pitt graduate student union organizers have garnered more than 870 signatures to rename Parran Hall — the Pitt Public Health building named after the school’s founding dean who was involved in unethical...

(Illustration by Abigail Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Shock over memes doesn’t mean much

By Brian Gentry | Columnist • February 1, 2018

When news broke last week that some members of Pitt College Republicans were participating in a private GroupMe that shared racist memes, headlines may as well have read, “College students say something...

The Cleveland Indians announced they will be retiring their mascot after much controversy over the years. The racial caricature has been replaced on the players’ jerseys and helmets, and vendors associated with the franchise will no longer be selling merchandise with the old mascot on it. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Editorial: Cleveland mascot’s departure signals good first step

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 1, 2018

With statues of Confederate generals removed across the South last summer and likenesses of Christopher Columbus vandalized across the North last October, it was only a matter of time before the next symbol...

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