‘Why are they angry with us?’: Larry Davis talks systemic racism
By Alice Tang, For The Pitt News
September 28, 2020
Davis — the founding director of Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems, as well as dean emeritus of the School of Social Work — talked about his book and issues surrounding race at the “Will Race Always Matter?” lecture Tuesday evening. The event was hosted by the CRSP, Thornburgh Forum, the University Honors College, the Institute of Politics and the School of Social Work.
Former Pa. governors talk impeachment, white supremacy
By Rebecca Johnson, Staff Writer
October 2, 2019
Former Pennsylvania governors Tom Ridge and Ed Rendell discussed the current political climate Tuesday night.
Opinion | Social media outlets need to deplatform white supremacists
By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
March 25, 2019
Social media companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter need to step up their actions against white supremacists and bigoted provocateurs.
Calif. white supremacists vowed to ‘reimagine’ racist movements with new look, tactics
By Alene Tchekmedyian and Brittny Mejia | Los Angeles Times
October 25, 2018
From the beginning, the founders of the so-called Rise Above Movement had a goal: to reinvent what it meant to be a white nationalist. Members of the Southern California group were instructed to blend in at political rallies with polo shirts, khakis and military-style haircuts. They were told to avoid...
Editorial: Journalists shouldn’t be afraid to contextualize evil
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 27, 2017
What was unusual in the response to a recent New York Times story wasn't its negativity so much as where the hate came from. With figures on the political right, from President Donald Trump to Joseph Curl of the Washington Times, frequently deriding The New York Times as “failing” and “very,...