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Opinion

Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 8

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Editorials

Bad nurses give good medical workers a bad name

Florida is promoting dangerous policy to please anti-vaxxers

No stocks for Congress

Are solar farms the latest NIMBY?

Laurels & lances: Hits & hacks

No redistricting in Pennsylvania

Health insurance cost spikes don't just affect patients

Biometric privacy laws must evolve with the times

Again with the mail-in ballot envelopes?

Will Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' lead to a bad 'Reputation' for Democrats?

Laurels & lances: Red lights & restitution

Back to school means back to violence

New drugs, same crisis

IUP should clearly spell out hazing penalties

Power, money and the cost of scrapping our election system

Firefighting under the influence is a danger to all — including public trust

Laurels & lances: Animal edition

Sinkholes are a Pennsylvania problem. Lawmakers could do something about them

Overpaying for Pittsburgh's vehicle maintenance makes no financial sense

Clairton Coke Works investigation demands safety board continue to exist

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Featured Commentary

Nick Troiano: The Primary Problem — why most 2026 elections will be decided before November

David M. Drucker: Why Trump isn’t turning into a lame duck

Lisa Jarvis: Florida made a vaccine mistake. Now, it’s everyone’s problem

Allison Schrager: How can an economy this good feel this bad?

Parmy Olson: ChatGPT’s drive for engagement has a dark side

Solomon D. Stevens: We can rebuild social trust, but it won’t be easy

Ronald L. Hirsch: What does 'all men are created equal' really mean?

Natalia Arcos Cano: Maybe I will ‘go back to where I came from’

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Democrats face continued divisions over aid for Israel

Steve Lopez: I got covid for the first time and can't smell. But RFK Jr.'s vaccine policies still stink

David V. Auth: Pittsburgh must grow

Chris DeCardy and Sara Innamorato: Our region's clean technology future — let's get to work

Robert T. Smith: Earth's time and climate change

Jamil Bey: A Pittsburgh where everyone belongs — if we choose it

Reps. Aerion Abney and Jessica Benham: A transit deal that doesn’t risk public safety

Jennifer Brooks: The tragedy of a mass shooting at a children’s Mass

Rachel Grezler: Fewer teens are working — and missing out on the skills needed to succeed

Nathan McGrath: Labor Day rings hollow for these Pa. workers

Austin Davis: Making Pa. workplaces safer

Mary Ellen Klas: The GOP is inflating health care costs — for its own voters

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Poulet Bleu to reopen in Lawrenceville

Q&A: Jimmy Eat World drummer Zach Lind, whose dad coached for the Pirates, back in town for Four Chord festival

Acrisure ranks 3rd-worst stadium in NFL for game-day traffic

TV Talk: New Ken Burns doc, ‘NOVA’ specials highlight PBS’s fall

Here's a look at the 2025-26 theater season in Western Pa.

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Lori Falce Columns

Who wants to be a Powerball billionaire?

26 years of thoughts and prayers

Museums must be honest repositories of history

Why do ICE officers need masks?

Texas redistricting rips up the rules

Trump's interest in interest rates

The difference between debate and argument

Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and the unexpected consequences of encouraging supporters

The lessons of Abraham Lincoln and a house divided

UPMC decision slams door on trans youths

Lee's words about Minnesota victims must be remembered

Los Angeles confrontations are becoming less about immigration than First Amendment

The bromance is over

Aaron Rodgers and the politics of playing games

Due process, habeas corpus and the burden of American jurisprudence

The endangerment of the rule of law

Let them have dolls

No excuse for Kennedy's lack of understanding autism

Prisons, private prisons and foreign prisons

Is a trade deficit a ripoff?

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Joseph Sabino Mistick Columns

Partnership key for Pittsburgh's Renaissance III

Trump shows he's no fan of fair fights

Taking a bite out of justice

Pittsburgh steel families built a nation

Moreno the underdog candidate for Pittsburgh mayor

Local radio stations show how to fight back in tough times

Cruelty the theme of Trump administration

A good turn and a bad one from McCormick

Joseph Sabino Misick: Competitive authoritarianism trickling in

Eradicating hate is a worthy cause

In NY, another wild-card candidate challenges status quo

The American flag belongs to all of us

Ike knew a thing or two about real leadership

Bloomfield gym saving lives for 40 years

America’s coming brain drain

Corey O'Connor must get ready to work

Pittsburgh picks a mayor

Pittsburgh needs its bridges

Let's make it easier, not harder, to raise our children

The people’s pope's Pittsburgh connection

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