By Bette McDevitt 2018 was the year for women in politics in Pennsylvania. In our area, Sara Innamorato, from the city, and Summer Lee, from Swissvale, were elected to the State House […]
Here They Come
International Women’s Strike U.S. Platform
An End to Gender Violence All women deserve a life free of all forms of gender violence: domestic and institutional, in the streets and in the workplace. Working women, girls, trans women, […]
International Women’s Strike U.S. Calls For Action On March 8
By International Women’s Strike USA Chapter It is in the spirit of a renewed radicalism, solidarity and internationalism, that the International Women’s Strike U.S. (IWS US) calls for action on March 8. […]
Support Mumia Abu Jamal: Contact Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner
By Jeff C We’ve come a long way with Mumia abu Jamal. On Thursday, 12/27/18, a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge ruled that he can re-argue his appeal case. Way back […]
County Councilmembers Propose Police Review Board
By Cheryl Bauer In the wake of the shooting of Antwon Rose in the summer of 2018, Allegheny county residents and activists amplified their call for greater accountability of county law enforcement […]
Women’s March Photos
Veterans Healing Circle
By Diana Jones In the quiet of a Connecticut seminary, with no distractions from the task ahead of us, 25 war veterans and civilians spent an intense weekend in April on a […]
Breakfast and More
By Bette McDevitt The Battle of Homestead Foundation (BHF), also known as the Pumphouse Gang, has breakfast every Wednesday at Eat’n Park at the Waterfront. It’s not lost on anyone that this […]
Antwon and Immigration: Two Issues, One Goal
(Leeann Younger. Photo by Bette McDevitt). By Leeann Younger The US border with Mexico is a 26-hour drive from Pittsburgh and yet the two locations have never been more connected than they […]
The Myth of a System
By Paul Cech There seems to be a belief in the myth of a system where society can handle all that comes its way in a fashion reminiscent of a Rube Goldberg […]
