By Gam Cheinsaw My entire outlook to protest was forever changed when Fawn Walker Montgomrey posted about Ms. Dannielle Brown on day three of her hunger strike. Day three, of no food. […]
HUNGER STRIKE; JUSTICE FOR MARQUIS JAYLEN BROWN
NewPeople Newspaper
NewPeople is the peace and justice newspaper of Pittsburgh and the Tri-state area, and is published 11 times a year. It fills the voids left by the mainstream media reflecting the reality of progressive, alternative politics locally, nationally and globally.
As a publication of the Thomas Merton Center, the paper reports on the issues of war, poverty, racism and oppression, raising the moral questions involved in the non-violent struggle to bring about a more peaceful and just world. The NewPeople acts as an organizing tool and communiqué for Thomas Merton Center members and the activist community at large.
SHAPED BY THE END YOU LIVE FOR
By Joyce Rothermel Bonnie B. Thurston, Thomas Merton scholar and long-time friend of the Thomas Merton Center, has authored a new book published by Liturgical Press entitled: Shaped by the End You […]
REVIEW OF “THE BOMB” BY FRED KAPLAN
By Michael Drohan The unassuming title of The Bomb does not do justice to the enormous amount of knowledge, research and detail that Kaplan brings to the subject of the history of […]
FALL LINEUP OF SPEAKERS
By Joyce Rothermel As usual, the Association of Pittsburgh Priests has a great line up for its speakers’ series this fall. Check them out. All events will be held on Zoom, making […]
POLICING MENTAL HEALTH
By Darya Kharabi On July 1st of this year, I was in a online work meeting when I looked outside my window and saw three policemen standing in my back yard, staring […]
APP STATEMENT ON RECENT KILLINGS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR
By The Association of Pittsburgh Priests The Association of Pittsburgh Priests is outraged and heartbroken over the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others which reveal a […]
STOP BANKING THE BOMB RESUMES PICKETS AT PNC
By Joyce Rothermel Over the past several months, because of severe weather and then the pandemic restrictions, the twice a month pickets at PNC headquarters and branch offices were suspended. That hiatus […]
TIME TO BURY THE BUILD-OUT
By John Detwiler Plans for a Shell ethane “cracker” plant, now under construction in Monaca, were first unveiled nearly a decade ago. And almost as soon as Shell’s decision was made, the […]
FAUX-EXPERTS, LANGUAGE, AND GATEKEEPING THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
By Odysseus Ward The biggest problem with language is that those who are only mildly capable of its use believe that their irrational mutterings have the same value and depth as those […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: ON JULY 8, SIX PEOPLE NOW SERVING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FILED A SUIT IN COMMONWEALTH COURT AGAINST THE STATE BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, SEEKING […]
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