By Joyce Rothermel Many of us might look back over the past year with deep discouragement, but there is a silver lining to the presidential election results. New groups have mobilized in […]
Voice of Westmoreland Addresses Social Justice Issues in Greensburg
By Tom Severin I am a founding member of a new grassroots movement in Westmoreland County called the Voice of Westmoreland (VOW). We came together somewhat by accident while demonstrating against President […]
An American in North Korea
By Derek Ford Returning to Pyongyang from a few long days travelling around Panmunjom, Sinchon, Sariwon, and Kaesong, I asked my friend Ryong-Il if we could stop at a pharmacy for something […]
Korean War and the Trump Fulminations
By Michael Drohan Understanding the global geopolitical situation at the time of the Korean War provides us with a necessary context to make sense of the war. At the end of World […]
Stop Banking the Bomb
By Rev Paul Dordal On Friday, November 17, 2017 more than two dozen Pittsburgh area anti-war activists gathered in front of the headquarters building of PNC Financial Services Group in downtown Pittsburgh […]
Congressional Tax Overhaul Relies on Mythology
By Neil Cosgrove Regardless of what shape the Republicans’ tax overhaul finally takes, the House members and Senators pushing it through Congress have clearly established that they are passionately committed to large, […]
2017 SOA Watch at the Border – Nogales, AZ
By Christina Castillo (Photo by Kim Dinh) From November 9-13th, Casa San Jose sent a delegation of 32 people from Pittsburgh to the US-Mexican border to participate in the national convergence held […]
Stocking Stuffers
By Bette McDevitt If you’re as old as some of us are…. you may remember the veiled threat of coal in your Christmas stocking if you didn’t behave well before the holidays. […]
Merton Awardee of 2017 Lifts Up the TMC
By Neil Cosgrove and Bette McDevitt (Photo Caption: Vince Warren speaking at the Thomas Merton Award Dinner. Photo credit: Steve Capri) Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), called […]
Reflections from TMC Director: Confronting Systemic Justice in 2018
by Gabriel McMorland (Photo Caption: Krystle Knight, community organizer for the Thomas Merton Center, at left, gathers with others on November 8th in front of the Pittsburgh City Council meeting room. The […]
