By Jeff C We’ve come a long way with Mumia abu Jamal. On Thursday, 12/27/18, a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge ruled that he can re-argue his appeal case. Way back […]
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County Councilmembers Propose Police Review Board
By Cheryl Bauer In the wake of the shooting of Antwon Rose in the summer of 2018, Allegheny county residents and activists amplified their call for greater accountability of county law enforcement […]
Amity And Prosperity, Eliza Griswold On The Fracturing Of America
By Mike Schneider Eliza Griswold is an accomplished, award-winning poet, who also writes for The New Yorker and covers southwestern Pennsylvania politics. This year, she published Amity and Prosperity, One Family and […]
Association Of Pittsburgh Priests Announces Its 2019 Fall Speakers Series
Looking ahead to the spring, the Association of Pittsburgh Priests invites you to put the dates of this year’s spring speakers’ series on your calendars now. All events will be held at […]
Jeffery Sachs – Shock Doctor
By John Hemington Jeffrey Sachs will soon be speaking in Pittsburgh. He has become the establishment’s bright liberal light by opposing the right-wing ‘Freedom Caucus’ and supporting efforts to combat global climate […]
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Death Dealers
By Bette McDevitt The following information on the companies involved in making the New Nuclear Bomb, the B-61 was given by John LaForge, a staff writer for Nukewatch. The information was also […]
Behind Our Backs
By Bette McDevitt While we’ve been paying attention to a few other things — the shutdown, the climate, the chaos of the last few years in the U.S. – nuclear weapons profiteers […]
We Remember
Marvin Bellin, MD passed away on November 22, 2018. He was a Cornerstone Sustainer of the Merton Center and member of the Physicians for Social Responsibility and Physicians for a National Health […]
Looking Ahead: Merton Center Turns 50 – Let’s Celebrate!
By Molly Rush Once dismissed as that “little storefront on Southside whose goal, no less, is peace and justice in the world,” nearly 50 years later that continues to be our mission. […]
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