June 22, 2017 – By Neil Cosgrove During the 1950s and ‘60s FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was something of a folk hero for millions of Americans, a crime-fighting protector of the […]
Hoover vs. Baldwin: The FBI File
The Masters
June 5, 2017 – By Crystal Faldalen You tell my story without turning my page My race, my body, my income, my age become your headline, hashtag no apology Posting principles […]
On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
June 6, 2017 – By Bette McDevitt Timothy Snyder, who wrote this primer of 130 pages, a guide for these times, is a history scholar. His areas of expertise are Nazi Germany […]
The Tail Wagging the Dog
May 3, 2017 By Michael Drohan Review of Book: Makers and Takers:The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business by Rana Foroohar, Crown Business, NY, 2016. Economic inequality is a […]
Attica: A Constant Reminder of a Shameful History
May 9, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove On September 9, 1971 hundreds of inmates at the Attica prison in upstate New York began an unplanned, initially chaotic, take-over of a portion of the […]
The Ancients
April 29, 2017 A poem by Mario William Vitale It’s my last day with the old giants In mourning I hike the lost trails, sniffing the aroma of the bark, that cinnamon of […]
The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: New Book By Dan Kovalik
May 19, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Dan Kovalik, Thomas Merton Center member, international human rights instructor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, and labor and human rights attorney has just written […]
Osama Alomar: City of Asylum Resident Writer
June, 2017 By Mike Schneider Osama Alomar writes bullets. He aims them at the dictator inside the mind. To hit the target they must pierce many layers of confusion. Even as Alomar’s […]
CULTURE WATCH: Musing on Intersectionality, Politics and Culture
May 4, 2017 By Jo Tavener Kimberlé Crenshaw is professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School; she is also a pioneer in critical race theory. In her 2016 TED Talk, […]
“Gifted:” Privilege & Oppression In Public School
April 11, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman I attended Pittsburgh Public Schools from kindergarten through high school, and it was an honor to do so. I loved being surrounded by vibrant, talented young […]
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