By PAUL DORDAL “Wow, I had no idea!” “Really, nuclear weapons?” “I don’t want to be a part of a bank that invests in nukes.” These are just some of the responses […]

By NEIL COSGROVE The Our Water Campaign is a broad community effort to ensure safe, affordable water while confronting the infrastructure, debt, and billing crises recently facing the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer […]

By BETTE MCDEVITT Because the three-part panel discussion entitled “Vietnam: A Working Class War” was taking place after this issue of the New People was laid out, we spoke to the organizers […]

By NEIL COSGROVE In late August, President Trump displayed his characteristic disregard for truth, both current and historical, when he tweeted that his Secretary of State “closely study … farm seizures and […]

By CHARLES W. BRICE   “To all those who have established and are maintaining the right to refuse to kill. Their foresight and courage give us hope.” – Monument to Conscientious Objectors, […]

By DANIEL A. HELMINIAK According to Leviticus 18:22, “You shall not lie with a man as with a woman: it is an abomination.” Abomination sounds bad, but the Hebrew and its ancient […]

By JON ROBINSON Every day there is at least one story in the news about someone – a corporate executive, a media star, or a priest – misusing their position for sex. […]

By NEIL COSGROVE When Americans hear the terms “land reform” and “southern Africa” used in conjunction with each other, many are likely to think of Zimbabwe’s experience in the early 2000s, and […]

By JOYCE ROTHERMEL Over the summer, a Merton Center member and friend of mine, gave me a gift of toilet paper. Now, when was the last time someone made such a gift […]