July 7, 2016 By Neil Cosgrove While Democrats settled on a presidential nominee following the June 7 primaries, their convention in Philadelphia from July 25 to 28 promises to be anything but […]
Philly Will Highlight Democrats’ Internal Tensions
Speaking Truth to Power: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali
July 5, 2016 By Linda Nordquist Our heroes of the past half-century are gone – all but Fidel. Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and now Muhammad Ali. To be sure, […]
Pride is Political: Roots Pride Celebrates Diversity
July 2, 2016 By Angelica Walker *The following article is an expansion of a post previously published online here* What would you do for freedom? That was the theme of 2016’s Roots […]
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
July 2, 2016 By Angelique Stolar On Sunday, July 24th, the Thomas Merton Center, in conjunction with other groups from the region, will take six passenger buses from the Pittsburgh area to […]
How Pennsylvania’s Prison Population Exploded: Part One
July 2, 2016 By Martha Conley Some say Richard Nixon and his “Southern Strategy” paved the path to mass incarceration beginning in 1968, in the aftermath of the Civil Rights revolution in […]
Looking Ahead to This Fall’s Association of Pittsburgh Priests’ Speakers’ Series
The Association of Pittsburgh Priests has put together a very timely series of speakers for the fall. You may want to put them on your calendars now so you don’t miss them! […]
My Manifesto
July 1, 2016 By Toni Conaway Reading Steven Gimbel’s biography of Einstein, I was struck by his description of the “Culture Split” in Germany between the two world wars — a divide […]
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GIORNALE VATICANO Corruption in the Roman Curia Comes to an Explosive End (Episode 6)
July 1, 2016 By Robert Jedrzejewski Hard upon “Faversham’s” visit to the baronial digs of Cardinal Ludovico Scrofulenza (aka “Big Louie), Umberto Falena (akaThe Moth), the trusted journalist from the Giornale Vaticano, […]
Muslim Women Sponsor “Underground Railroad Re-Enactment”
To deepen my understanding of Holy Islam, I began joining Muslims in prayer at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh (ICP) in Oakland during weekend visits to my son. As a Eucharistic Minister […]
Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace Event Series
July 1, 2016 By Scilla Wahrhaftig As we approach the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshisma and Nagasaki, Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace will be recognizing the dropping of the first nuclear […]
