January 31, 2017 By Bette McDevitt Rosemary Trump was in the capital both on the day of the Inauguration and on the day of the Women’s March, and she can tell us […]
Hope and Democracy Are Alive
Syria’s White Helmets: Stability in the Midst of Chaos
January 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Nearly six years after the Arab Spring uprisings in Syria, the northwestern city of Aleppo and the well-being of its many citizens have never been […]
Radioactive Waste Coming Our Way
By Molly Rush An unprecedented shipment of 6000 gallons of high risk, highly radioactive liquid waste was scheduled to pass through Allegheny County this past September. The waste includes highly enriched uranium, […]
Local SOA Watch Sending 13 to Mexico Border
By Joyce Rothermel October 1, 2016 Three-hundred and ninety human rights, social justice, faith-based, labor, and immigrant rights groups are calling for an International Convergence at the U.S./Mexico Border from October 7-10, […]
The 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising in Ireland
By Michael Drohan October 1, 2016 The first day of the Battle of the Somme of World War 1 was July 1, 1916. On that sad day, England suffered 57,400 casualties and […]
Book Review: Kill Anything that Moves
by Michael Drohan Kill Anything that Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse, Metropolitan Books, 2013 Nick Turse has written a truly extraordinary history of the Vietnam War such […]
Silent Screams film screening April 7
by Edith Bell The Drones Can’t Hear the Groans of People Dying on the Ground.. Do We? Join us to view the powerful film Silent Screams on Sunday, April 7, at 1:30PM […]
April 7 Capital’s End: School of the Americas Watch
Sudan Update: Special Envoy Visits Pittsburgh
by Mary Dawn Edwards Ten years have passed since a rebellion in Darfur in western Sudan against the Bashir government’s neglect of the region was met savagely by the central government and […]
Can We Make Pittsburgh a Drone Free City?
by Scilla Wahrhaftig In February, by resolution of City Council, Charlottesville Virginia became the first city in the country banning drones. The resolution means that Charlottesville will be a no-drone zone and […]
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