Protests Spring Up Around Innauguration
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Persecution by the Turkish Government
February 1, 2017 By Sebnem Unlu The Hizmet (the Turkish word for service) movement was inspired by the Turkish Muslim scholar M. F. Gulen about 40 years ago in Turkey. For decades, […]
Stop Palestinian Suffering: A New Conversation on Campus
February 1, 2017 By Ken Boas When Israeli supporters complain about student interruptions of pro-Israel speakers they miss the point of these protests. The debate about academic freedom is real and […]
Highly Radioactive Liquid Nuclear Waste Shipments Set to Begin
February 1, 2017 By Molly Rush On February 17th truckloads of highly radioactive liquid waste may begin their journey along public highways, from on the edge of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River in […]
Military Budget: Trillions Unaccounted For
February 1, 2017 By Molly Rush “The Pentagon buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in military waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the funding as an […]
How Pittsburgh Banks Fund the War
February 1, 2017 By Ron Read Pittsburgh’s downtown business district holds offices for several major banking institutions that have been in existence for over a hundred years. Three institutions worth noting are […]
Senator Warren Rejects Betsy DeVos and You Can, Too!
February 2, 2017 Jacqueline Souza On January 17th, 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grilled Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos on her lack of experience and inferiority within the […]
Democrats’ Defeats Were Long Foreseen
February 1, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove “Competition for political leadership is in part a competition between differing stories about a nation’s self-identity, and between differing symbols of its greatness.” Richard Rorty, Achieving […]
Dom Costa Needs to Stand With All Immigrants in PA
February 2, 2017 By Marni Fritz Pittsburgh, PA – At 10 AM today, a delegation of 25 constituents and immigrant rights advocates visited the Morningside office of Representative Dom Costa (D, Stanton […]
Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now
February 1, 2017 By Michael Drohan The problem of nuclear weapons and their abolition has received new urgency with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. On December […]
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