March 8, 2017 By Wanda Guthrie and Claudia Detwiler Attention: Leaders of Faith Communities Greenfaith is a national fellowship of people of diverse religious backgrounds who advocate for care of creation. Its […]
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One Thousand Forty Days and Counting
March 8, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza That’s how many days have passed since the citizens of Flint, Michigan have had clean drinking water. (Published in print on March 1, 2017) In April […]
A Tale of Two Marches
March 7, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman and Marni Fritz In solidarity with the January 21st Women’s March in D.C., sister marches began popping up in cities across the country. Here in Pittsburgh, […]
Resisting the ‘Deadly Triplets’ of Racism, Militarism, and Materialism
March 6, 2017 By Ellen Wilson “The burning of fossil fuels,” says Wanda Guthrie, “has led to the emergence of corporations that have become so wealthy and powerful that the control, extraction, […]
Environmental Injustice Frequently Means Racial Injustice
March 6, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Controversy has surrounded Pittsburgh being named America’s “most livable city” ever since the town proudly claimed the title. The same city that displaced thousands of Black […]
TMC 45 Years In the Struggle
March 6, 2017 By Molly Rush In 1970, the horrors of the Vietnam War and the Vatican II Council had inspired many Catholics to work for civil rights and peace. CEASE, Catholics […]
The Socialism of the Black Panther Party
March 6, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman cw/tw: violence against Black people, racism Most public schools in America fail to mention the Black Panther Party (BPP) in history classes. If they do, […]
LGBTQIA Rights, Once Again, Under Attack
February 24, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Last July, as he campaigned in cities all across the country, Trump promised his supporters the following: “As your president, I will do everything in my […]
Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns from Breitbart
March 3, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Earlier this week, Milo Yiannopoulos resigned from his position as the editor of Breitbart News after a series of horrific comments regarding statutory rape […]
What Does White Anti-Racism Look Like?
March 2, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Black lives matter more than our feelings. Non-Black POC lives matter more than our feelings. End of story. None of our anti-racist ideas are original. […]
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