‘Freedom is on the ballot’: Tim Walz rally stops at Acrisure Stadium

Rebecca Jozwiak | staff writer | With the 2024 election cycle drawing to a close, Pittsburgh residents made their way to Acrisure Stadium for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Early Voting Rally on Tuesday. As the crowd settled into their spots, prominent figures such as Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and Pennsylvania Deputy of Voter Protection for Election Administration Mary Gibson spoke. “Our rights, our bodies, … Continue reading ‘Freedom is on the ballot’: Tim Walz rally stops at Acrisure Stadium

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News

Hundreds hit the street in Pro-Palestine march

Josh Imhof | staff writer | Dozens of bodies laid motionless across the asphalt at the intersection of Forbes and Morewood avenues on Oct. 3, as evening traffic on one of Pittsburgh’s busiest roads came to a halt. Their blood-red palms were strewn beside them and facing toward the sky. A woman in a wheelchair sat with her mouth agape and head contorted backward. These … Continue reading Hundreds hit the street in Pro-Palestine march

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‘I’d rather be in Butler’: Trump returns to July 13 assassination attempt site

Eliyahu Gasson & Megan Trotter | opinions editor & news editor | As a show of strength following his assassination attempt on July 13, the former president Donald Trump was back in Butler, Pennsylvania to hold a rally in the same place he nearly lost his life. Much of the rally served as a tribute to Corey Comperatore, a local firefighter who was shot and … Continue reading ‘I’d rather be in Butler’: Trump returns to July 13 assassination attempt site

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Features

Duquesne students tackle Earth Day & climate change

by Emma Polen | features editor April 28, 2022 This Earth Day, about 50 Pittsburgh youth took to the streets to express their concern about the environment as well as other calls for justice in racial and economic equality. The rally first gathered on the Grant Street steps of the City-County Building, and then marched across the city blocks for an hour before returning back … Continue reading Duquesne students tackle Earth Day & climate change

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Opinions

Trump disappoints at Phoenix rally, in presidency

By: Nayia Faxio-Douglas | Staff Columnist President Trump has been in office for only seven months, and he has still yet to make an even bigger name for himself than he had before. On Aug. 22, Trump held a rally in Phoenix in light of the riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, where many of his supporters, both present and at home, came to show their support. Trump … Continue reading Trump disappoints at Phoenix rally, in presidency

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Trump’s passivity enables white supremacists

By Shivani Gosai | Opinions Editor On Saturday, a rally by the name of “Unite the Right” was held by hundreds of white nationalists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia. By that evening, one protester and two police officers had died, and 20 others were badly injured after a car driven by a white supremacist deliberately ran into a crowd of counter-protesters. I can honestly say … Continue reading Trump’s passivity enables white supremacists

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Students, faculty march for adjunct rights

Raymond Arke | Asst. News Editor In honor of International Workers’ Day, over 50 Duquesne students and faculty held a solidarity rally and march May 1 on Academic Walk. They gathered to show support for the acceptance of the adjunct union and oppose the University measures that shuttered the DU Press and propose to reallocate $500,000 from the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts, according to … Continue reading Students, faculty march for adjunct rights

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Opinions

Inflammatory Trump rally should spark political awareness

By: Duke Editor Just hours before participants in a Donald Trump rally were pepper sprayed Wednesday in Pittsburgh, a group of Duquesne students pushed a 12-foot tall beach ball around Academic Walk, calling it a “free-speech ball.” “We encouraged literally everyone who walked by to write on the ball [with markers],” Tyler Siminski, president of the Duquesne Young Americans for Liberty, told The Duke. “The … Continue reading Inflammatory Trump rally should spark political awareness

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Features

Political Pendemonium

The Duke sent two reporters to the first major Pittsburgh presidential candidate rally of the season. These are their reactions to the mayhem. By Joseph Sykes | Sports Editor In 2012, I was 18 — just old enough to vote in the presidential election between Mitt Romney and the incumbent, Barack Obama. Unfortunately, I didn’t take advantage of the opportunity because I just didn’t care. … Continue reading Political Pendemonium

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Food workers rally for wages, job security

By Brandon Addeo and Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke More than 50 Duquesne and University of Pittsburgh food workers gathered on Academic Walk near Rooney Field Wednesday afternoon, holding signs and shouting slogans, calling for faster contract negotiations and benefit protections. The workers, members of service worker union 32BJ SEIU, are in the middle of contract negotiations with Parkhurst Dining, the company hired … Continue reading Food workers rally for wages, job security

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