(Photo Caption: Shawna Hammond and Shirley Gleditsch (Photo: provided by Thrifty) By Neil Cosgrove The beginnings of the East End Community Thrift Store, commonly known as “Thrifty,” were indeed humble, recalls Shirley Gleditsch, […]
(Photo Caption: CAPA (Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School) students organized a walk-out to protest gun violence in solidarity with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students in Parkland, FL (Photos: ppuglobe.com) By Thomas […]
(Photo Caption: The Raging Grannies sing at the 10th Annual Tax Day Rally (Photo: Neil Cosgrove) By Edith Bell Join us on Tuesday, April 17 from noon until 2pm for the 11th Annual […]
By Wanda Guthrie How will our city be impacted by the proposed upwind petrochemical plants? Can we afford to accept Allegheny County’s rank as in the top 1% of cancer rates ? […]
The 1939 Donora High School yearbook baseball team photo features Hall of Famer Stan Musial (top row, second from left) and Buddy Griffey (front row, at left), the grandfather of Mariners great […]
Photo provided by the authors. By Alex Lucena and Alicia Salvadeo As developers in our area continue to level working class neighborhoods to make room for Google, Uber, and high-profile startups, Amazon […]
By Maggie Weaver With the announcement that Pittsburgh made the short list for Amazon’s second headquarters (HQ2), some were thrilled; the company has seduced cities with its promise of 50,000 jobs and […]
Photo provided by Wanda Guthrie. By Wanda Guthrie Join the Movement for Democracy in their Barnstorming Campaign. Adam Eichen, co-author with Frances Moore Lappe of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection […]
By Bonnie DiCarlo We are all peacemakers as we live our lives. We each have our own journey, yet together, as members of the Thomas Merton Center, we are a force. The […]
By Neil Cosgrove It isn’t nostalgic feelings for print journalism that convinces us the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette must hold onto its 150 reporters, photographers, artists, page designers, web and copy editors, and pay […]
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