What are you looking for in our presidential candidates/ president this election year? Here are some responses from our Thomas Merton Center members and friends. We hope to include more responses in […]
The Wonders of “Crapitalism”!!!

Visionary Imagination: The Green New Deal
By Wanda Guthrie For quite a few years I have been following the work of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. The objective of the Forum established by Mary Evelyn Tucker […]
South Africa’s Present; America’s Future?

By Neil Cosgrove In April, South Africa celebrates the 25th anniversary of the country’s first democratic election, when its entire adult population was first able to vote. The African National Congress (ANC) […]
Here They Come

By Bette McDevitt 2018 was the year for women in politics in Pennsylvania. In our area, Sara Innamorato, from the city, and Summer Lee, from Swissvale, were elected to the State House […]
International Women’s Strike U.S. Calls For Action On March 8
By International Women’s Strike USA Chapter It is in the spirit of a renewed radicalism, solidarity and internationalism, that the International Women’s Strike U.S. (IWS US) calls for action on March 8. […]
Understanding The Heartland, A Review
By Michael Drohan The author, Joe Bargeant, was born in Winchester, Virginia, a town of approximately 27,000 people in the Shenandoah Valley of North-Western Virginia. The town, founded in 1752, has a […]
Support Mumia Abu Jamal: Contact Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner

By Jeff C We’ve come a long way with Mumia abu Jamal. On Thursday, 12/27/18, a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge ruled that he can re-argue his appeal case. Way back […]
Veterans Healing Circle
By Diana Jones In the quiet of a Connecticut seminary, with no distractions from the task ahead of us, 25 war veterans and civilians spent an intense weekend in April on a […]
“Nothing About Us, Without Us!”
Cheryl Bauer There is a common misconception that “sex work” is merely a euphemism for “prostitute.” In truth, sex work refers to a broad category of services catering to the desires of […]