By Joyce Rothermel Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, is currently facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis; the United Nations reports that half of the population is already facing pre-famine […]
State Legislators Avoid Responsibility for Higher Education
By Neil Cosgrove Here’s the awful truth: a significant, at times decisive, set of Pennsylvania legislators don’t believe their state has an obligation to provide affordable higher education to its less affluent […]
Trading Principles For Power
BY CHERYL BAUER The election of Donald Trump in 2016 is not only evidence of the power held by selfidentified white, evangelical Christian voters, but of an enormous shift in principle of […]
And The Winner Is…
BY BETTE MCDEVITT Sorry, folks, it’s not you. It’s Lockheed. In the recent 1.3 trillion dollar budget, the defense contractors will share a large hunk of our tax money; $700 billion dollars, […]
Support HR 4391 & The Release of Ahed Tamimi
BY KATE DAHER On April 11, Pittsburgh Jewish Voice for Peace co-founder, Dani Klein, artist and professor Hyla Willis, Bret Grote from the Abolitionist Law Center, and this writer delivered a letter […]
Bombing James Comey and Stormy Daniels
BY MICHAEL DROHAN On Saturday, April 7, 2018 a gas attack on the city of Douma in Syria, was reported. Douma is a suburb of Damascus formerly controlled by two jihadist factions, […]
Congressional Profiles – March 13th Election, 18th Dist.
By Jim McCarville US Congressional Election March 13 -18th District A special election will be held March 13 to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, for PA’s Dist. 18. […]
Bread for the World Lobby Day Review
June 28, 2017 – By Joyce Rothermel Currently in Washington, D.C, it’s budget season and the Trump administration has made it loud and clear they want to cut and structurally change SNAP […]
Another Defense of Planned Parenthood
June 30, 2017 – By Jacqueline Souza The constant legislative attack on women in the U.S. is not and never was about protecting family values, nor an attempt to shrink our national deficit […]
Maps Matter! Let’s End Gerrymandering
June 29, 2017 – By Suzanne M. Broughton Gerrymandering is not new. It started in 1812 when Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry approved a bill that drew districts favoring his party. A political […]
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