The Wonders of “Crapitalism”!!!
Trump’s Assault on Public Service
By Charles McCollester President Trump’s government shutdown was a cheap, tawdry, fear-mongering piece of blackmail designed to assert his will over Congress and possibly impose a shameful border wall, even if it […]
Wendell Potter Addresses “Medicare for All”
By Theresa Chalich With the 2020 U.S Presidential primary campaign underway, health care remains a top concern for voters. Sometimes it seems there are as many health care reform proposals as there […]
Jeffery Sachs, Award Winning Economist Speaks March 25
By Joyce Rothermel The first speaker of the Association of Pittsburgh Priests’ Spring Series is Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D., an award-winning economist with degrees from Harvard and Columbia Universities. His topic will be: […]
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 […]
Are Free Traders Channeling Chicken Little
By Jo Tavener Economic Advisor to the President resigns! A slump in the Dow hits Wall Street. Speaker of the House finally breaks his silence and criticizes Trump’s tariff proposal! All this […]
We CAN Do It
By John Hemington Every day some politician or some media talking head tells us that we can’t have the social programs or infrastructure improvements we need “because there isn’t enough money;” “the […]
Tax Day April 17th
(Photo Caption: The Raging Grannies sing at the 10th Annual Tax Day Rally (Photo: Neil Cosgrove) By Edith Bell Join us on Tuesday, April 17 from noon until 2pm for the 11th Annual […]
Stock Markets: Bad for Workers’ Fiscal Health
By Neil Cosgrove Some weeks ago, a letter-to-the-editor appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette attempting to debunk the claim “that only rich people and corporations benefit from a healthy stock market.” The writer […]
A Budget from Hell
June 15, 2017 – By Michael Drohan On May 22, Donald Trump produced his Budget Proposal for 2018. If ever there was a statement that government is at the service of the […]
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