May 20, 2017 By Carl Redwood, with Neil Cosgrove Carl Redwood is the 2017 recipient of the Merton Center’s NewPerson award, which he will receive at an event scheduled for Monday, June […]
Redwood’s Struggle Against Systemic Oppression
Thomas Merton Center
Duquesne Administration Continues to Defy NLRB and Catholic Social Teaching
May 5, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has, once again, ruled against the Duquesne University administration, telling it to cease nearly five years of stonewalling and begin […]
Bad Budgets = Bad Results
This is a set of articles in which leaders of local service organizations describe the possible impacts of proposed federal budget cuts on the services they provide and the issues that concern […]
Food Security Safety Net in Jeopardy; You Can Help
May 5, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Global efforts, including that of the United States, have made great progress toward ending hunger and poverty over the last three decades. Around the world […]
Human Rights Are Unconditional
May 4, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman In addition to being a racist system that intentionally targets people of color through “broken-windows policing”, stop-and-frisk policies, and racial profiling, the prison industrial complex is […]
Incentivizing Racism: U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex
May 4, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Before the 2017 Academy Awards, I watched a number of the documentaries that had been nominated for my favorite category, Best Documentary. One of those films, […]
CULTURE WATCH: Musing on Intersectionality, Politics and Culture
May 4, 2017 By Jo Tavener Kimberlé Crenshaw is professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School; she is also a pioneer in critical race theory. In her 2016 TED Talk, […]
TMC Calling on Allegheny County Dems to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Legislation
April 28, 2017 By Gabriel McMorland After weeks of pressure from constituents, including two rallies outside his office and phone calls from hundreds of voters in his district, Pennsylvania State Representative Dom […]
Trump Budget and Tax Proposals: a Disaster in the Making
April 28, 2017 By Molly Rush Up to now, little attention has been paid to President Trump’s proposed budget and its impact on most Americans. And that’s no accident. Trump’s has a […]
Proof of Pay in Pgh: Can Random Checks Exist Without Racial Profiling?
April 27, 2017 By Marni Fritz On Friday, March 31st, activists and community members attended the Port Authority board meeting to address their concerns regarding the new Proof of Payment on the […]
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