By Bette McDevitt On Tuesday, April 23, six of us went into PNC’s opulent but sustainable monument to capitalism at Fifth and Wood, to speak at the shareholders meeting about the bank’s […]
World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
By Joyce Rothermel The conflict in Yemen, now in its fourth year, continues to bring horrific suffering to its civilian population. Millions are at risk of famine, with nearly 17,000 civilians killed […]
U.S. arms sales drive Honduran migration
By Tom Webb In my report for the May issue of The NewPeople, I wrote of the multiple problems created by conflicts over land ownership, the role multinational businesses play in Honduras […]
Time to adress Anti-Palestinian racism
By Leila Richards “If you’re racist, the world should know.” So reads the headline on the website of the Canary Mission, the secretive organization that blacklists campus activists who support the boycott, […]
Social Commentary
By D.J Aurelius ELECTRIC POOLS OF DISTRACTION EATING PEOPLE GHOSTS ON WHEELS MODERN SERVANTS OF SUM ZERO SELF-PROCLAIMED VICTORIOUS THE ENEMY BUILDERS NEVERMINDING THEIR WAY THRU HANGING FUGITIVE BABIES FROM A […]
URGE CONGRESS TO ADVANCE GLOBAL NUTRITION
By: Joyce Rothermel Last month, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives asked their colleagues on the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee to substantially increase Nutrition funding in the Global […]
AMERICAN HEALTHCARE: A BROKEN SYSTEM
By: Vera Hannah-Wildfang Living in Germany, I have the luxury of being provided with (almost) free nationwide healthcare, covering everything from a flu shot to life changing surgery. I used to think […]
INTERFAITH DELEGATION EXPLORES ROOT CAUSES OF HONDURAN MIGRATION
By: Tom Webb From March 18-25 an international, interfaith delegation of more than 75 people visited several areas in northern Honduras to listen and learn more about the root causes driving Honduran […]
THE WORD IS REVOLUTION
By: Jack Collins As of this writing it has been ten weeks since I began attending a weekly street protest in Bloomfield called Revolutionary Fridays to bring attention to the need for […]
MELANIN’S PLIGHT
By Odysseus Ward I intend to speak honestly of what I see and know. On those things I am unable to truly know, but can as a keen observer comprehend, I will […]
