May 3, 2017 By Michael Drohan Review of Book: Makers and Takers:The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business by Rana Foroohar, Crown Business, NY, 2016. Economic inequality is a […]
The Tail Wagging the Dog
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 Only Realistic Path to Affordable Housing: Government
May 12, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove In a supply-and-demand-based housing market, low-income families lose; landlords set rent-levels that will provide them with the profits they desire, or offer sub-standard housing at affordable […]
Penn Plaza Residents: The Relocation Challenges They Faced
May 12, 2017 By Zak Thomas and Claire Hortens During the past year, Penn Plaza Apartments in East Liberty have become a powerful symbol of the hardships that gentrification can create for […]
Attica: A Constant Reminder of a Shameful History
May 9, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove On September 9, 1971 hundreds of inmates at the Attica prison in upstate New York began an unplanned, initially chaotic, take-over of a portion of the […]
Killer Robots Cast Long Shadows Over Academe
May 13, 2017 By Calvin Pollak Carnegie Mellon University is the most prestigious higher education institution in the western half of Pennsylvania, with computer science and engineering departments that rank at or […]
Culture Watch: Behind Il Duce’s Curtain
May 13, 2017 By Jo Tavener Now we know why the Pruitts, the Sessions, and the Tillersons were appointed. Their task is one of demolition. The cancellations of Obama-era rules and regulations […]
Hope Amid Despair for Undocumented Immigrants
April 21, 2017 By Cheryl Aughton Spring is a season of hope and new life. Yet, for countless numbers of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., hope is difficult to find this year. […]
Single Payer Health Care: The Time Has Come
May 11, 2017 By Molly Rush Federal and state legislation on Single Payer Health Care has been introduced annually for over ten years. It has not been on the public radar and […]
Combating Sexual Violence on Campus
May 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Why is it that campus rape is so stigmatized when, according to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), twenty to thirty percent of young women […]
The Ancients
April 29, 2017 A poem by Mario William Vitale It’s my last day with the old giants In mourning I hike the lost trails, sniffing the aroma of the bark, that cinnamon of […]
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