JUNE 2004


On May 16, Pittsburgh anti-war activists came out to "Remember the Dead" at a silent procession through Oakland. (Photo by Marie Skoczylas)


In This Issue...

- Pittsburgh to Topeka, a Civil Rights Journey for Equal Education

- The Dead Man Walking Opera Comes to Town

- Updates on Opposition to the RNC and DNC

- G8 Summit Seeks Seclusion on Island

- National Health Care Affordable and Effective

 

- From the Editor

- Letters to the Editor

- Local Action Shorts: The Big Idea looks for volunteers by Babs de Azul, Code Pink's Mothers Day Vigil by Kathryn White, Bobble Heads are Not Free by Kenneth Alan Miller, NAACP Celebrates Human Rights for 50 Years by Kenneth Alan Miller, Saving Civil Liberties by David Meieran.

- M16 Remember the Dead - peace activists mourn the cost of war. By Alex Bradley

- Civil Liberties Resolution Passes by City Council - By Matt Novak

- The Soulforce Way - United Methodists struggle for gay and lesbian equality.

- Good Schools are Fair Schools - Good Schools PA interfaith vigil in Harrisburg marks the Brown v BOE 50th Anniversary. By Celeste Taylor

- New Person Awards 2004 - Change Through Faith - By Nia Edmondson

- Pittsburgh to Topeka - Then and now, equal and adequate education is a Civil Rights journey. By Kenneth Alan Miller and Celeste Taylor

- Resist Animal Abuse - Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign opposes abuse of ducks and geese. By P.J. McKosky

- Voices From Iraq - Pittsburgh Journalists report back from Baghdad, Part II. By Matt Novak

- Dead Man Walking - a night at the opera. By Marcus Rediker

- The Latest Execution - Highlighting dysfunction in PA death penalty system. By Josh Coene

- Beyond Voting - Political resistance heats up with mass protests to target the Democratic and Republican conventions. By Alex Bradley

- Public Health in a State of War - An interview with doctors in Baghdad. By Vincent Eirene

- Democratic Peace Candidate Loses PA Primary - What's next for Kucinich supporters. By Kenneth Alan Miller

- Opinion: Democracy Under Attack in Pittsburgh state appointed fiscal board undermines city council by Steve Donahue, Abuse at Home, Abuse Abroad by Mike Vesch, The Fog of Marriage by David Meieran.

- In the Arts: Slamming in the Steel City by Bridget Colvin and Jeremy Shenk, The Day Mellon Arena...creative writing by Helene Smith.

- Alternative Health: Dr. Farhat Ahmad relays the benefits of honey

- Poetry: A Poem for Precious crimes toward transgender people by j. phelan, Andrew T. Roy's Peace and Political Poems

- TMC Members Corner: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally in 2004 From the Director Tim Vining and Board Profile on Mary Ruth Aull by Toni Bartone, Renovations Input Requested and Call for TMC Board Nominations