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
John Davis, former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, leaves the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi in September.

Opinion | Mississippi welfare scandal reveals deep flaws in social safety net

By Grant Van Robays, Staff Columnist • October 9, 2022
Mississippi auditors found in 2020 that $94 million in federal welfare funds were subject to fraud, abuse or waste.
Opinion | Our acts of charity are now acts of justice

Opinion | Our acts of charity are now acts of justice

By Livia LaMarca, Staff Columnist • February 18, 2022
The U.S. government takes such poor care of its impoverished population, kind acts of charity the common American commits should now be considered acts of justice.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — an agency of the Department of Homeland Security — has an office located in Atlanta. The department recently added stipulations which will prevent immigrants who rely on government assistance from obtaining green cards.

Editorial: New immigration proposal is unnecessarily strict

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 23, 2018
The new proposal is an unfair and inhumane way to weed out immigrants whom the Trump administration deems unsuitable candidates for American citizenship.
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