March 18, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman On March 8th, 2017, people around the world participated in the “Day Without a Woman” general strike, which called for women to show their solidarity by […]
“A Day Without Women” Exposes Economic Inequality
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City Theatre and the Merton Center Come Together for “The Guard”
By Neil Cosgrove An old connection between the Thomas Merton Center and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre has been re-established through the medium of City’s upcoming production of “The Guard” by Jessica Dickey. The […]
In Defense of Science
By Nijah Glenn Science has always been a field of controversy. From the beginnings of modern science in the ancient world to the Middle Ages to the recent autism vaccine controversy, one […]
Your Racism Is Plant-Based
March 18, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Veganism is a microculture that has garnered a significant amount of attention in recent years. Vegetarians account for roughly three percent of the U.S. adult population, […]
An Appeal for Mental Health Recognition
March 9, 2017 By Nijah Glenn We live in quite a time to be alive. As a society, we can boast energy efficient cars; we have the ability to FaceTime our friends […]
World Hunger: What Can You Do?
March 9, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel It is not too early to put the 2017 SW PA Bread for the World Workshop on your calendar for Sunday, April 23 from 1 – […]
Syria: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
March 9, 2017 By Michael Drohan Review of book “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War” by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, Pluto Press, 2016 Robin Yassin-Kassab is a British based journalist […]
Talking with Glenn
March 9, 2017 By Bette McDevitt When the political climate becomes unbearable, and that is often, I think of The People’s Inauguration, at Freedom Corner, Friday, January 20, 2017. I call to […]
The Psychopathology in America’s Zeitgeist
March 9, 2017 By Michael Drohan In the present political turmoil in the US, epithets such as “paranoid,” “psychopath,” and “fascist” are bandied about as descriptions of the political actors within the […]
Today’s America: Afflicted by Class
March 8, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year History of Class in America teaches us that the pundits, political operatives and academics should have been paying attention to […]
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