By Neil Cosgrove One local, hard-to-miss feature of the weeks leading up to the November 8th election was the proliferation of Hillary Clinton lawn signs within the city of Pittsburgh, and the […]
The Geography of Trump
March to Take Back Our Economy!
November 29, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove Photos By Neil Cosgrove and Nina Young Several hundred protestors, including many from the Merton Center, took part in a rally and march for a $15 […]
Naturalization Ceremony at the Pump House
By Charles McCollester October 1, 2016 Keynote Address: Naturalization Ceremony at the Pump House – site of the 1892 Battle of Homestead. September 7, 2016 It is truly an honor to be […]
Prison Strike, a poem by Tallon Kennedy
Moving chains across sidewalks. Pots banging on guard rails. A noise made to silence the police sirens in the distance. Distance is what got us here. Distance from our ancestor’s guilt. […]
Reginald Roberts Receives Social Work Award
by Jonathan Reyes Reginald “Reggie” Roberts, a member of B-PEP, the Coalition Against Violence, Ceasefire PA and several other non-profit organizations, recently received the David E. Epperson Award, named for the late […]
Sudan Update: Special Envoy Visits Pittsburgh
by Mary Dawn Edwards Ten years have passed since a rebellion in Darfur in western Sudan against the Bashir government’s neglect of the region was met savagely by the central government and […]
Tax Day Rally and Penny Poll: April 15
by Edith Bell On Monday, April 15, from noon to 2:00 pm next to the Squirrel Hill post office on Murray Avenue, the Women’s international League for Peace and Freedom, Coalition for […]
Organizing for Fair Budget Priorities
by Jo Schlesinger Are you concerned about the cuts in essential federal economic and social programs through the sequestration and deep cuts made in the current State budget? We know that people […]
Can We Make Pittsburgh a Drone Free City?
by Scilla Wahrhaftig In February, by resolution of City Council, Charlottesville Virginia became the first city in the country banning drones. The resolution means that Charlottesville will be a no-drone zone and […]
March and Rally for Mass Transit
This Saturday, March 19th, the Economic Justice Committee is teaming up with Pittsburghers for Public Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union’s Local 85 for a permitted march and rally to stop the […]
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