By Neil Cosgrove The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh is asking our readers to remind the owners and management of the Post-Gazette of their “civic responsibility” as stewards of a 231-year-old newspaper that […]
Local activists meet across a 50 year divide
By Charles McCollester Among the Battle of Homestead programs planned for 2018 are two marking the 50th anniversary of the momentous year of 1968, You may be interested in participating in the […]
The Practice of Non-Violent Communication
By Kathleen Gerace The practice of nonviolent communication has never seemed more urgent – or relevant– than it does at the present moment in our history. Before the latest tragic mass shooting […]
Even the Possession of Nuclear Weapons Is Immoral
By Michael Drohan 2017 has been a momentous year, on the one hand for the great strides made in condemning and outlawing even the possession of nuclear weapons and on the other […]
Combating Sexual Violence on Campus
May 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Why is it that campus rape is so stigmatized when, according to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), twenty to thirty percent of young women […]
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 […]
Duquesne Administration Continues to Defy NLRB and Catholic Social Teaching
May 5, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has, once again, ruled against the Duquesne University administration, telling it to cease nearly five years of stonewalling and begin […]
Food Security Safety Net in Jeopardy; You Can Help
May 5, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Global efforts, including that of the United States, have made great progress toward ending hunger and poverty over the last three decades. Around the world […]
TMC Calling on Allegheny County Dems to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Legislation
April 28, 2017 By Gabriel McMorland After weeks of pressure from constituents, including two rallies outside his office and phone calls from hundreds of voters in his district, Pennsylvania State Representative Dom […]
Is Duquesne University Religiously Exempt from Bargaining with Faculty?
By Neil Cosgrove This piece originally appeared in the May 2015 of the NewPeople in-print publication. Update to come in the May 2017 issues of the NewPeople. In refusing to bargain […]
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