We’re combining this month’s staff updates and my November director’s letter into one short message of gratitude, a reflection of how busy we’ve been in this time of transition. We’re in the […]
Update from the TMC director
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.
People are saying no to PNC’s nukes
By PAUL DORDAL “Wow, I had no idea!” “Really, nuclear weapons?” “I don’t want to be a part of a bank that invests in nukes.” These are just some of the responses […]
By NEIL COSGROVE The Our Water Campaign is a broad community effort to ensure safe, affordable water while confronting the infrastructure, debt, and billing crises recently facing the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer […]
Anti-war is not enough
By Rev. PAUL DORDAL I served thirteen years in the U.S. Army, including a consciousness-altering year of combat in Iraq. Upon my return in 2010, I began the process of becoming an […]
I ain’t marching anymore
By BETTE MCDEVITT Because the three-part panel discussion entitled “Vietnam: A Working Class War” was taking place after this issue of the New People was laid out, we spoke to the organizers […]
How big “white lies” get bigger
By NEIL COSGROVE In late August, President Trump displayed his characteristic disregard for truth, both current and historical, when he tweeted that his Secretary of State “closely study … farm seizures and […]
Remembering Vietnam, Memorial Day, 2017
By CHARLES W. BRICE “To all those who have established and are maintaining the right to refuse to kill. Their foresight and courage give us hope.” – Monument to Conscientious Objectors, […]
Abomination
By DANIEL A. HELMINIAK According to Leviticus 18:22, “You shall not lie with a man as with a woman: it is an abomination.” Abomination sounds bad, but the Hebrew and its ancient […]
Sex and power
By JON ROBINSON Every day there is at least one story in the news about someone – a corporate executive, a media star, or a priest – misusing their position for sex. […]
Land reform: not all created equal
By NEIL COSGROVE When Americans hear the terms “land reform” and “southern Africa” used in conjunction with each other, many are likely to think of Zimbabwe’s experience in the early 2000s, and […]
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