By: Bonnie DiCarlo Ibram X. Kendi, author of How To Be An Antiracist, was the guest speaker at Carlow University in the Gailliot Theater last fall. Ibram Kendi is a New York […]
PITTSBURGH’S RACIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT
By Joyce Rothermel The Racial Justice Summit, formerly known as the Summit Against Racism, is a flagship event for Pittsburgh organizers. The Summit creates opportunities for attendees to learn, connect, and act […]
National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War and Racism
Learning to Think Black?
By Marianne Novy Rev. Al Lingo, a Protestant minister, spoke this February 9 at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to members of Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) Southwest, seminarians, and others about his journey […]
Black History Month
By Molly Rush I recently began thinking about a number of black activists, many of whom may be forgotten. I came to know some of them through my work with the Catholic […]
Prague Writers Festival, 2017: American on the Hot Seat
By Mike Schneider (Photo by: Mike Schneider) My friend Jan and I were in Prague as tourists in November, during the Prague Writers’ Festival (PWF). While Prague’s ancient culture and stunning beauty […]
Reflection on Race by Thomas Merton
By Joyce Rothermel (Photo credit: cathedralofhope.org) Thomas Merton believed that racism and militarism were the two most urgent issues of his time. While we may update the “urgent list” for our own […]
Redwood’s Struggle Against Systemic Oppression
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 […]
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, […]
newpeoplenewspaper.com 