By Marni Fritz October 1, 2016 Often in the anti-racist social movement, the work of women goes ignored. Women work tirelessly behind the scenes, only to be represented by a man with […]
Joyful Process With Liana Maneese
How Brock Turner’s Pathetic Jail Time is Yet Another Victory for the Straight White Male, and a Devastating Loss for Justice
By Tallon Kennedy September 12, 2016 Brock Turner, rapist convicted of penetrating a drunk unconscious woman was released from jail this Friday after serving only three months of his pathetic six month […]
Photos from ‘Black Lives Matter National Day of Action’ Rally in Downtown Pittsburgh
Movement For Black Lives National Day of Action, July 21st, Downtown Pittsburgh. Hundreds of people showed up dressed in black to mourn the lives lost at the hands of the police, demanding […]
Movement for Black Lives
September 1, 2016 By Marni Fritz The summer of 2016 has been a hard one to endure; constant inundation of videos of innocent people losing their lives at the hands of the […]
Stop Deportation, Keep the Esquivel Family Together in Pittsburgh
September 1, 2016 By Gabriel McMorland Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took Martín Esquivel Hernandez from his Pittsburgh home in a 6 AM raid on May 2nd, the morning after he and […]
Anti-Racism Film Showing and Nuclear Free Future Speaking Tour
September 1, 2016 By Edith Bell The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is sponsoring two events to educate ourselves and take action in this absurd time of upheaval at […]
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 […]
White People “Offset their Privilege” with Gifts and Services on Reparations Website
August 8, 2016 Angelica Walker When a United Nations panel of experts recommended the US government pay out cash reparations for slavery last February, most saw it as a pie-in-the-sky idea. Even […]
Young Black Cast Shines in a Socially Conscious Performance about Growing Up “Plugged In”
August 2, 2016 By Rianna Lee When the lights dimmed at the New Hazlett Theater on Friday night, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I remembered what my high school musicals were […]
The Homogenization of Asian America
July 28, 2016 By Vivian Le In the past decade, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have become the fastest growing racial group in the United States. Comprising around 5.8% of the […]
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