May 5, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has, once again, ruled against the Duquesne University administration, telling it to cease nearly five years of stonewalling and begin […]
By Neil Cosgrove This piece originally appeared in the May 2015 of the NewPeople in-print publication. Update to come in the May 2017 issues of the NewPeople. In refusing to bargain […]
April 1, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove Coverage in the media of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act and Republican proposals to replace it has been intense but fragmented since Republicans gained […]
By Neil Cosgrove An old connection between the Thomas Merton Center and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre has been re-established through the medium of City’s upcoming production of “The Guard” by Jessica Dickey. The […]
March 8, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year History of Class in America teaches us that the pundits, political operatives and academics should have been paying attention to […]
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 […]
By Neil Cosgrove When the faculty of 14 Pennsylvania state-owned universities ended their strike on its third day, their union, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF), had “agreed […]
By Neil Cosgrove One local, hard-to-miss feature of the weeks leading up to the November 8th election was the proliferation of Hillary Clinton lawn signs within the city of Pittsburgh, and the […]
September 1, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove When Pennsylvania’s legislature and governor agreed this past July to 2016-17 spending and revenue plans, a collective sigh of relief was audible throughout the state. After […]
August 17, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove On August 14th, Donald Trump unleashed a series of tweets in which he set about blaming the “disgusting and corrupt media” for his dismal poll numbers. […]
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