By Edith Bell The environmental footprint of war must be a major topic of discussion in the context of global warming, yet it is often ignored. On February 24 at 2 p.m. […]
The Environmental Footprint Of War
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.
Amity And Prosperity, Eliza Griswold On The Fracturing Of America
By Mike Schneider Eliza Griswold is an accomplished, award-winning poet, who also writes for The New Yorker and covers southwestern Pennsylvania politics. This year, she published Amity and Prosperity, One Family and […]
Association Of Pittsburgh Priests Announces Its 2019 Fall Speakers Series
Looking ahead to the spring, the Association of Pittsburgh Priests invites you to put the dates of this year’s spring speakers’ series on your calendars now. All events will be held at […]
Jeffery Sachs – Shock Doctor
By John Hemington Jeffrey Sachs will soon be speaking in Pittsburgh. He has become the establishment’s bright liberal light by opposing the right-wing ‘Freedom Caucus’ and supporting efforts to combat global climate […]
I Can’t Hear
By Peter Oresick Peter Oresick (pronounced o-RES-ik) (1955-2016) was a poet, publisher, professor, and painter of Carpatho-Rusyn descent. The son and grandson of glassworkers, Peter grew up in the working-class factory town […]
TMC Fundraising Dinner
Dealing with Chicken Hawks
Death Dealers
By Bette McDevitt The following information on the companies involved in making the New Nuclear Bomb, the B-61 was given by John LaForge, a staff writer for Nukewatch. The information was also […]
Behind Our Backs
By Bette McDevitt While we’ve been paying attention to a few other things — the shutdown, the climate, the chaos of the last few years in the U.S. – nuclear weapons profiteers […]
We Remember
Marvin Bellin, MD passed away on November 22, 2018. He was a Cornerstone Sustainer of the Merton Center and member of the Physicians for Social Responsibility and Physicians for a National Health […]
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