Photos by Neil Cosgrove Hosted by Indians Against CAA NRC in Schenley Plaza in Oakland on January 26, 2020. The CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) was enacted into law on December 12, 2019 […]
UNITED MARCH FOR A SECULAR INDIA
‘WE ARE NOT AFRAID’ — STATEMENT AT HEARING FOR ARRESTED PITTSBURGH ACTIVISTS
By: Tammy Hepps TAMMY HEPPS (CENTER FRONT), STANDS WITH FELLOW PROTESTERS. SCREENSHOT FROM THE BEND THE ARC WEBSITE. BEND THE ARC’S POLITICAL ADVOCACY ARM HARNESSES THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN JEWS […]
Why Pitt’s Grad Students Need a Union
By Neil Cosgrove When graduate students at the University of Wisconsin successfully formed a union in 1969 they made headlines because such an entity had never been seen before. But now, according […]
Introducing Pittsburgh’s International Women’s Strikers (PGH IWS)
By Krystal Knight and INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S STRIKE USA CHAPTER While 2016 was a tumultuous year for women globally, here in the U.S. most would attribute that to the catastrophe of the Trump […]
Social Justice Seekers Look to Make a Difference in 2019
By Kevin Hayes Members of Social Justice Seekers are planning to make positive changes in our city in 2019 through their own work and aligning themselves with other activist groups like the […]
PPT Focusing on Fares, Coalition Building
By Neil Cosgrove Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT), a project of the Thomas Merton Center, has recently won some major victories in the struggle for equitable, accessible public transit in our region. […]
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 […]
Bread for the World Team Sends Message to Congress
By Joyce Rothermel As the work for food security at home and abroad continues, this year Bread for the World has two main objectives. The first is the reauthorization of the Global […]
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 […]
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