By Joyce Rothermel As the drama in Harrisburg continues about the process of addressing our “gerrymandered” condition (the manipulation of election district lines in a partisan way), we invite you to come […]
Gerrymandering, PA and You: Topic for April 26 Potluck and Discussion at the TMC
March 4: Action for Immigrants
(Photo Caption: Sabrina Liu of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, center, and Antonia Dominga, Merton Center Board Member, make their statements. (Photo: Neil Cosgrove) By Sabrina Liu On March 4, dozens of […]
Think Like a Commoner: A Review
By Laura Quinn In a New York Times Book Review retrospective on the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, novelist Martin Amis peevishly claims that “the chief demerit of the Marxist program […]
Tax Day April 17th
(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 […]
Art Saves Lives
(Photo provided by author) By Roy My Grandfather survived a genocide,”The Great Fire of Smyrna” of 1922. He fled to a nearby Greek island, Chios, losing a brother and parents. Occurring days […]
A Hellish Bargain
By Michael Drohan Review of book: Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency by Joshua Green, 2017. Green’s book relives the events that catapulted Donald Trump to […]
Israel as Pharaoh: A Passover Reflection
By Ken Boas Has Israel, the promised land for so many Jews all over the world, become a land of oppression and cruelty? Have the Palestinians become the people now waiting, after […]
DuBois and the Social Gospel
By Jim McCarville W.E.B. DuBois, the eminent sociologist, may be the most influential African-American political leader in the first half of the 20th century, but his contribution to theology is often overlooked. […]
Food Programs Under Threat: SW PA Bread for the World Workshop, April 15
By Joyce Rothermel Domestic and international food programs are being threatened with severe budget cuts. The proposed Trump budget for 2019 would devastate the US food and nutrition safety net known as […]
The Creation Mystic: Thomas Merton’s Invitation to Know Living Things
(Photo: America Magazine) By Carol Gonzalez “Be a Gardener. Dig a ditch. Toil and sweat. Turn the earth upside down. And seek the deepness. Water plants in time. Continue this labor and […]
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