U.S. Steel Investors Sue Company, Allege Systemic Maintenance, Operational Failures; Did Investors Uncover Intentional Acts That Threaten Local Air Quality?

By Amanda Gillooly, for the Group Against Smog and Pollution U.S. Steel investors in April filed a class-action complaint against the multi-billion-dollar company, alleging violations of federal securities laws. Documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania accuse company leaders of misleading investors about U.S. Steel’s financial wellbeing, including a... Read More

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June 28, 2018

Civil Disobedience: We’re in the Time and Age That Needs Renegades

“Now renegades are the people with their own philosophies They change the course of history Everyday people like you and me – Rage Against the Machine In U.S. history courses, high praise was heaped upon those figures who dared to defy group-think mentality, who fought for what they believed was right. We were taught that... Read More

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February 17, 2018

Dealing With Gun Violence Doesn’t Have to be This Hard, America

No. Wrong. The US Supreme Court decisions, District of Columbia v. Heller and MacDonald v. City of Chicago did not create an unfettered individual right to own whatever firearm your heart desires. The 2nd Amendment is not absolute. No one wants to take your hunting rifles or shotguns away from you. What is at issue... Read More

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December 28, 2017

Hey, GOP: You’re Not Really Broke. You’re Just Morally Bankrupt.

We need to talk about the Republican Tax Law, which President Trump callously signed into law, regardless of his brash campaign promises. Many of these broken promises include “minor little details” like the President not benefitting from the new tax law. Trump will undoubtedly profit personally, as the law benefits those with power like it... Read More

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December 14, 2017

Being a Full-Time Twenty Year-Old Single Dad

Many twenty-year-olds are living in college dorms, working part-time jobs, and worrying about finding a fake Is to buy alcohol. Not John Kahn III. His life revolves around taking care of Delilah, his two-year-old daughter. Read More

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November 22, 2017

Stop Ignoring the Opioid Crisis

by Alexandra Nicholas, Goose in the Gallows Contributor For young people looking to escape home life, depression, abuse, or to loosen up, fit in with their peers, to feel like their idols, the choice to do drugs, especially opioids, may seem to be a great one. Underage binge drinking is actually at a decreasing level right... Read More

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November 14, 2017

God: “Who the Fuck Told You People I Was Cool With Pedophilia?”

Goose in the Gallows welcomes back our resident guest contributor. You may know him from church on Sundays, or when he created the Earth by fighting off the dinosaurs with his bare hands 5,000 years ago. Please welcome back God. God here. First, thanks for pulling me away from the start of my busy... Read More

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November 7, 2017

Cyberbullies Create Deep Wounds That Don’t Always Heal

My middle school had a motto: “No place for hate.” The motto was not strictly enforced. I transferred to that school, and I was told every day of 8th grade to go back to the rival school I had transferred from. “Go back to Wilson where you belong,” “You’re a Wilson kid, and we don’t... Read More

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October 14, 2017

How Many Victims of Domestic Abuse Like Alina Sheykhet Need To Die Before We Wake Up?

Alina Sheykhet was an ambitious, beautiful 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student studying to become a physical therapist. She excelled at singing, dancing, and gymnastics. Alina lived together with her best friends in a house near Pitt where the aspiring students supported one other with their goals. The Sheykhet family moved to Pennsylvania from Russia to... Read More

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August 14, 2017

A Time To Refresh The Tree Of Liberty

For me, Charlottesville has changed everything. I understand your concerns over my willingness to answer Nazism, fascism, and white supremacy with violence. Why am I willing to put down the pen and pick up the sword? This. This illustration. I refuse to allow bigots and Nazis to gain more power in America. We gain nothing... Read More

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