September 1, 2016 By Michael Drohan I can feel those blues coming on, even though it is still three months until the election. While one cannot preclude any kind of unforeseen circumstance […]
Post-Election Blues
Zika Funding Denied, Mosquitos Winning!
September 1, 2016 By James McCarville Zika is the latest of a string of strange new diseases to fill our headlines and feed our fears. The problem, of course, is what to […]
School of the Americas Watch Convergence: October 7 – 10
September 1, 2016 By Joyce Rothermel On August 3, the film, “The Empire’s War on the Border” was viewed at the Thomas Merton Center. This compelling documentary presents very clearly the current […]
Let the Sun Shine In
September 1, 2016 By Bette McDevitt We often have guests at the Wednesday breakfast gathering of the Battle of Homestead Foundation (BHF). In the last few months, we have had a young […]
Bringing It All Home – The Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers Cooperative of Pittsburgh
September 1, 2016 By Ron Gaydos I have sat with Raqueeba Bey and Ayanna Jones, the founders of the Black Urban Gardeners (BUGS) and Farmers Cooperative of Pittsburgh, at one of East […]
Non-Violent Resistance in Palestine
September 1, 2016 By Michael Drohan During the weekend of July 31 to August 1, Pittsburgh was host to a Palestinian activist named Iyad Burnat, his wife Tasaheel and their young son. […]
Living with the Nuclear Legacy
September 1, 2016 By Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace Seventy-one years ago the US dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, destroying the city and its people. This was the beginning of the […]
Butler Group Sponsoring Go Green Festival & Car Show
September 1, 2016 By Lou Hancherick Marcellus Outreach Butler (MOB), a non-profit group from Butler County committed to educating the public to the health and safety risks of unconventional natural gas development, […]
Environmentalists and Human Rights Activists Visit Pittsburgh
September 1, 2016 By Josh Ellison On July 22, a group of more than 50 Pittsburghers, including many Merton Center members, gathered at Salem’s Cafe and Event Center in the Strip […]
Mike Stout: Blue and Green in Black & White
September 1, 2016 By Casandra Armour Mike Stout debuted on stage in New York City in 1968, in the midst of a cultural revolution. But in the late seventies, the musician made […]
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