Protestors march to ICE facility in South Side, despite snow

Josh Imhof | features editor Brisk winds and snow flurries covered Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood on Sunday as hundreds of protesters marched to mourn the death of Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis resident killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week. The protest, organized by Indivisible Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Women for Democracy and other Pittsburgh-based organizations, began at the intersection of Hot Metal … Continue reading Protestors march to ICE facility in South Side, despite snow

Freedom of the press essential to democratic society

Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor 04/12/2018 When Bloomberg Law yielded a job listing from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in search of a contractor for a “media monitoring services” project, journalists around the country held their breath. This news, coming in the weeks following the emergence of the propaganda-laden Sinclair Script, sits uneasily in the stomachs of American media personnel. For those unfamiliar, the … Continue reading Freedom of the press essential to democratic society