May, 2017 By Fatema Juma, with Marni Fritz Marni Fritz Marni discovered the Thomas Merton Center through the NewPeople newspaper, which she regularly picked up at Biddle’s Escape. “I was shocked that […]
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The 1892 Battle of Homestead: Actor Rylance Calls it “A Story Worthy Of Shakespeare”
May 3, 2017 By Lynne Squilla In 2003, Mark Rylance, world-respected Shakespearean actor and then-Artistic Director of the Globe Theater in London, was in Pittsburgh to perform “Twelfth Night.” He was also […]
The Tail Wagging the Dog
May 3, 2017 By Michael Drohan Review of Book: Makers and Takers:The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business by Rana Foroohar, Crown Business, NY, 2016. Economic inequality is a […]
The Only Realistic Path to Affordable Housing: Government
May 12, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove In a supply-and-demand-based housing market, low-income families lose; landlords set rent-levels that will provide them with the profits they desire, or offer sub-standard housing at affordable […]
Penn Plaza Residents: The Relocation Challenges They Faced
May 12, 2017 By Zak Thomas and Claire Hortens During the past year, Penn Plaza Apartments in East Liberty have become a powerful symbol of the hardships that gentrification can create for […]
Sectarian, Schmectarian: The Need for Unity Against U.S. Imperialism
May 17, 2017 By Ron Read There has been a recent debate among socialists, religious people, communists, anarchists, and others in Pittsburgh over how the peace movement should respond to various military […]
Attica: A Constant Reminder of a Shameful History
May 9, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove On September 9, 1971 hundreds of inmates at the Attica prison in upstate New York began an unplanned, initially chaotic, take-over of a portion of the […]
Killer Robots Cast Long Shadows Over Academe
May 13, 2017 By Calvin Pollak Carnegie Mellon University is the most prestigious higher education institution in the western half of Pennsylvania, with computer science and engineering departments that rank at or […]
Culture Watch: Behind Il Duce’s Curtain
May 13, 2017 By Jo Tavener Now we know why the Pruitts, the Sessions, and the Tillersons were appointed. Their task is one of demolition. The cancellations of Obama-era rules and regulations […]
Hope Amid Despair for Undocumented Immigrants
April 21, 2017 By Cheryl Aughton Spring is a season of hope and new life. Yet, for countless numbers of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., hope is difficult to find this year. […]
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