By Wanda Guthrie How will our city be impacted by the proposed upwind petrochemical plants? Can we afford to accept Allegheny County’s rank as in the top 1% of cancer rates ? […]
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.
The Korean War: Convenient Forgetting
By Michael Drohan Review of Book: The Korean War by Bruce Cumings, 2010 The Korean War is often referred to as “the forgotten war,” a name which was first used in an […]
The Insanity of the Nuclear Enterprise
By Michael Drohan Daniel Ellsberg, the author of The Doomsday Machine:Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, is best known for his release of the Pentagon Papers in 1972, which revealed many of […]
Death in Donora; Episode 1
The 1939 Donora High School yearbook baseball team photo features Hall of Famer Stan Musial (top row, second from left) and Buddy Griffey (front row, at left), the grandfather of Mariners great […]
Learning to Think Black?
By Marianne Novy Rev. Al Lingo, a Protestant minister, spoke this February 9 at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to members of Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) Southwest, seminarians, and others about his journey […]
Lenten Speaker, Sr. Carol Zinn Pittsburgh, Sunday, March 18
Photo: Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia All are invited to participate in the upcoming talk by Sr. Carol Zinn on deepening one’s desire to choose the way of the Christian Gospel […]
BOOK REVIEW: Speak Peace in a World of Conflict by Marshall B. Rosenberg
By Kathleen Gerace My first ventures into peacemaking were the demonstrations against the wars in Afghanistan and then Iraq. Marching along with thousands of others was exhilarating. I felt empowered. But I […]
Congressional Profiles – March 13th Election, 18th Dist.
By Jim McCarville US Congressional Election March 13 -18th District A special election will be held March 13 to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, for PA’s Dist. 18. […]
PNC Bank Anti-Nuke Campaign: Growing and Spreading
Peter Deutsch, Secretary, and Nancy O’Leary, President of Beaver County Peace Links send their Stop Banking the Bomb message at the corner of Forbes and Murray in Squirrel Hell on February 9. […]
Reflections on Thomas Merton and Women
By Joyce Rothermel Each year International Women’s Day is celebrated throughout the world (this year on March 8). People gather to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This […]
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