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.
NEWPEOPLE, JUNE 2015 EDITION
NewPeople, May 2015 Edition
SUBMISSIONS
The New People is interested in receiving articles that relate to the mission of the Thomas Merton Center, which works to build a consciousness of values and to raise the moral questions involved […]
Poetry Submissions
Interested in submitting poetry? Fill out the form below! Same guidelines listed above apply to poetry submissions. Thank you for your submission! We’ll be in touch soon.
Goodness in the Gilded Age, A Poem by Martin H. Levinson
A stock broker bumped into the good-deed fairy on the E-train. She was wearing a short frilly dress, holding a pink magic wand, and sported gossamer wings flecked with glittering faith and […]
Unfamiliar Faces, A Poem by Minnie Mariah Wilson
Your love is so difficult to read from behind these slits for eyes Your love is so very painful that I couldn’t imagine your hate My kindness is met with curses they […]
Bethlehem 2015, A Poem by Kemmer Anderson
Workmen restore the Church of Nativity Among the broken hearted of Bethlehem Where walls define our boundaries of fear. Rifle sights from watchtowers scope out the youth In Al-Aida refugee camp. Guards […]
Why? A Poem by James McCarville
deep, deep, deeper into the sunni-shia war we drift, we dive. why?
Thrifty: Twenty Years of Caring
by Colleen Dougherty Ten years ago, staff at the East End Community Thrift compiled a history of the store, archiving documents and photos of the shop’s journey in a lovely album. We’ve […]
