By Michael Calhoun Ask people what they know about college tuition and usually you get one of two answers: they either say that it costs too much, or that it’s rising too […]
Tuition Trends Need to Change
A Story About The Citizen Science Lab
May 8, 2017 By Bette McDevitt On a recent Friday, high school students came into a science lab here in Pittsburgh, put on white coats, blue plastic gloves, and protective eyewear to […]
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 […]
Bad Budgets = Bad Results
This is a set of articles in which leaders of local service organizations describe the possible impacts of proposed federal budget cuts on the services they provide and the issues that concern […]
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 […]
“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 […]
In Defense of Science
By Nijah Glenn Science has always been a field of controversy. From the beginnings of modern science in the ancient world to the Middle Ages to the recent autism vaccine controversy, one […]
Rape Culture, Blurred Lines and What Our Universities Are Doing About It
March 9, 2017 By Krithika Pennathur cw: rape culture, sexual violence The United States Department of Justice defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the […]
Talking with Glenn
March 9, 2017 By Bette McDevitt When the political climate becomes unbearable, and that is often, I think of The People’s Inauguration, at Freedom Corner, Friday, January 20, 2017. I call to […]
PPS Students Unite!
February 13, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Early on February 8th, over 350 students from all across the Pittsburgh Public School district gathered in Market Square to protest the confirmation of Betsy DeVos […]
