By Rev Paul Dordal On Friday, November 17, 2017 more than two dozen Pittsburgh area anti-war activists gathered in front of the headquarters building of PNC Financial Services Group in downtown Pittsburgh […]
Stop Banking the Bomb
Congressional Tax Overhaul Relies on Mythology
By Neil Cosgrove Regardless of what shape the Republicans’ tax overhaul finally takes, the House members and Senators pushing it through Congress have clearly established that they are passionately committed to large, […]
2017 SOA Watch at the Border – Nogales, AZ
By Christina Castillo (Photo by Kim Dinh) From November 9-13th, Casa San Jose sent a delegation of 32 people from Pittsburgh to the US-Mexican border to participate in the national convergence held […]
Stocking Stuffers
By Bette McDevitt If you’re as old as some of us are…. you may remember the veiled threat of coal in your Christmas stocking if you didn’t behave well before the holidays. […]
Merton Awardee of 2017 Lifts Up the TMC
By Neil Cosgrove and Bette McDevitt (Photo Caption: Vince Warren speaking at the Thomas Merton Award Dinner. Photo credit: Steve Capri) Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), called […]
Reflections from TMC Director: Confronting Systemic Justice in 2018
by Gabriel McMorland (Photo Caption: Krystle Knight, community organizer for the Thomas Merton Center, at left, gathers with others on November 8th in front of the Pittsburgh City Council meeting room. The […]
Mental Health, Conflict, and State Violence
By Ishita Madan Along with providing resources such as food, shelter, clothing, and medical care to disaster areas and war torn regions, it has also become increasingly common to provide mental health […]
New Money, New Problems
By Michael Calhoun Pittsburgh is iconic these days for the robust comeback that has been coursing through the city since the decline of the steel industry. With “Eds and Meds” revitalizing the […]
Tuition Trends Need to Change
By Michael Calhoun Ask people what they know about college tuition and usually you get one of two answers: they either say that it costs too much, or that it’s rising too […]
Strangers In A Strange Land
By Michael Calhoun Though many would be surprised to hear it, Pittsburgh is actually home to scores of refugee populations. Pittsburgh has settled about 4000 refugees from 2003-2015, from places as varied […]
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