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Editorial | Russia, leave Ukrainian civilians out of war

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 18, 2022

The Pitt News Editorial Board argues that as Russian forces amp up their defense and target civilians, people must remember what is at stake for innocent people during wartime.

‘Being Ukrainian and being a student’: Ukrainian Pitt students reflect on war

By Clare Sheedy, Contributing Editor • March 20, 2022

Returning from spring break, Ukrainian Pitt students reflected on the Russia-Ukraine war and their family’s safety.

Opinion | Western cultures need to stop normalizing violence in the Middle East

By Dalia Maeroff, Opinions Editor • September 1, 2021

Many Americans are avoiding discussing their own country’s involvement in the conflict — convincing themselves that the Middle East is just a violent place.

Opinion | WW3 memes show a dangerous lack of understanding

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • January 12, 2020

Making memes out of political chaos is not the same as turning lemons into lemonade.

Analysis: How a 1999 NATO operation turned Russia against the West

By Christian Snyder, Assistant Opinions Editor • September 7, 2017

The name Boris Yeltsin should ring a bell, whether it brings to mind images of him leaping upon a tank during a coup in 1991 Moscow or standing drunk in his underpants in Washington, D.C. in 1995. Yeltsin,...

World War II-era B-17 bomber will soar over Pittsburgh this weekend

By John Hamilton and Lexi Kennell / Pitt News Staff • July 31, 2017

Listening to the sound of four revving engines muffled by ear plugs, passengers on the B-17 crawl into the nose turret of the WWII-era bomber, seeing stretches of land and Pittsburgh landmarks appear and...

President Barack Obama Delivers Statement On Syria

By Kristoffer Tripplaar / MCT Campus • September 5, 2013

President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement on Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 31, 2013. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Pool/Abaca...

Boston Marathon investigation

By MCT Campus • August 19, 2013

Humanizing terrorists, like Tsarnaev, can help us take a more honest look at their motivations.

Palestinian hunger strike at Red Cross

By MCT Campus • July 17, 2013

Pitt's SJP chapter has joined other worldwide in protesting what they perceive as the suppression of Palestinians by Israel.

Students reflect on Boston attack

By Stuart Cahill • April 17, 2013

Government agencies arrive on the scene moments after the attack. Bobby Mizia