February 1, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove “Competition for political leadership is in part a competition between differing stories about a nation’s self-identity, and between differing symbols of its greatness.” Richard Rorty, Achieving […]
Democrats’ Defeats Were Long Foreseen
Dom Costa Needs to Stand With All Immigrants in PA
February 2, 2017 By Marni Fritz Pittsburgh, PA – At 10 AM today, a delegation of 25 constituents and immigrant rights advocates visited the Morningside office of Representative Dom Costa (D, Stanton […]
Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now
February 1, 2017 By Michael Drohan The problem of nuclear weapons and their abolition has received new urgency with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. On December […]
Hope and Democracy Are Alive
January 31, 2017 By Bette McDevitt Rosemary Trump was in the capital both on the day of the Inauguration and on the day of the Women’s March, and she can tell us […]
Re: White America
January 31, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza After a disappointing election year and Friday’s traditional Inauguration ceremony, millions of people around the world participated in marches in response to the official beginning of […]
Can We Have a Moral Economy?
January 29, 2017 Mollie March-Steinman As our cherished social programs fall into deeper peril, we must work harder than ever to transform Economics into a values-based field. In my college courses, I […]
White Feminism Strikes Again in Pittsburgh
January 19,2017 By Marni Fritz White women, so desperate for equality with men, often leave our sisters of color behind. We saw it in the women’s suffrage movement. We saw it […]
Self-Care is Not Selfish, It’s a Necessity
January 17, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman I want to encourage activists to choose their battles mindfully. The next few days, months, and years will be especially demanding. The incoming Trump administration […]
Syria’s White Helmets: Stability in the Midst of Chaos
January 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Nearly six years after the Arab Spring uprisings in Syria, the northwestern city of Aleppo and the well-being of its many citizens have never been […]
One Path Toward Change
January 13, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Due to the tumultuous U.S. campaign season and victory of President-elect Donald Trump, we have seen an influx of people creating and participating in direct action […]
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