This is a set of articles in which leaders of local service organizations describe the possible impacts of proposed federal budget cuts on the services they provide and the issues that concern […]
Bad Budgets = Bad Results
TMC Calling on Allegheny County Dems to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Legislation
April 28, 2017 By Gabriel McMorland After weeks of pressure from constituents, including two rallies outside his office and phone calls from hundreds of voters in his district, Pennsylvania State Representative Dom […]
Proof of Pay in Pgh: Can Random Checks Exist Without Racial Profiling?
April 27, 2017 By Marni Fritz On Friday, March 31st, activists and community members attended the Port Authority board meeting to address their concerns regarding the new Proof of Payment on the […]
Talking with Glenn
March 9, 2017 By Bette McDevitt When the political climate becomes unbearable, and that is often, I think of The People’s Inauguration, at Freedom Corner, Friday, January 20, 2017. I call to […]
A Tale of Two Marches
March 7, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman and Marni Fritz In solidarity with the January 21st Women’s March in D.C., sister marches began popping up in cities across the country. Here in Pittsburgh, […]
Resisting the ‘Deadly Triplets’ of Racism, Militarism, and Materialism
March 6, 2017 By Ellen Wilson “The burning of fossil fuels,” says Wanda Guthrie, “has led to the emergence of corporations that have become so wealthy and powerful that the control, extraction, […]
Environmental Injustice Frequently Means Racial Injustice
March 6, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Controversy has surrounded Pittsburgh being named America’s “most livable city” ever since the town proudly claimed the title. The same city that displaced thousands of Black […]
TMC 45 Years In the Struggle
March 6, 2017 By Molly Rush In 1970, the horrors of the Vietnam War and the Vatican II Council had inspired many Catholics to work for civil rights and peace. CEASE, Catholics […]
PPS Students Unite!
February 13, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Early on February 8th, over 350 students from all across the Pittsburgh Public School district gathered in Market Square to protest the confirmation of Betsy DeVos […]
The Racist, Classist Origins of Pittsburgh’s Water Crisis
February 9, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Despite the recent media attention given to poisoned water throughout our country, environmental racism is nothing new for Black and Brown communities. Most of us are […]
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