By Toni Conaway The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established December 2, 1970 to consolidate federal research, establish industry standards for pollutant and waste management, and enforcement of these regulations to ensure […]
Scott Pruitt and the Environmental Protection Agency
“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 […]
Bread for the World Team Sends Message to Congress
By Joyce Rothermel As the work for food security at home and abroad continues, this year Bread for the World has two main objectives. The first is the reauthorization of the Global […]
Trump Tariffs Threaten Free Press
By Maggie Weaver In the Fall of 2016, the Pittsburgh edition of the Tribune-Review changed into an all-digital media source. The Tribune-Review, now The TribLive, was one of the first Pittsburgh […]
From Nuclear Insanity to N. Korean-US Summit: A Surreal Journey
By Michael Drohan It is a mere few months since President Trump promised to obliterate North Korea off the face of the earth, as he would visit on them “fire and fury […]
Storm Breaks Over Pittsburgh Journalists
By Neil Cosgrove During this past May and June, tensions between Pittsburgh print journalists and their publishers erupted into full-blown confrontation, to the extent that even the most casual of readers had […]
Was Thomas Merton Assassinated?
By Joyce Rothermel Idling Intellect Whenever ‘conspiracy theory’ I hear I know that a brain has just gone out of gear. The common phenomenon again I behold. Of a person determined to […]
We Remember with Gratitude
By Joyce Rothermel In the month of June, three long time members of the Merton Center passed on. Paul Lienhardt is remembered for his service and generosity to the Merton Center. Paul […]
Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade and Trump Trade
By Michael Drohan The first major trade agreement of recent decades was between Mexico, the US and Canada in 1993, coming into effect on January 1,1994. It is called the North American […]
Stop Banking the Bomb Campaign in Beaver County
(Photo by Rev. Paul Dordal) By Nancy O’Leary As a Peace Action, D.C, affiliate, we continue to work and lobby against nuclear proliferation. At the local county fairs, we developed a petition […]
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