The holiday season ends next week. Will the “holiday spirit” vanish with it? For the sake of those who’ll need our help no matter the month, I hope not. So let me share with you some of the words and work that inspire us throughout the year.
A tribute to Nelson Mandela on Human Rights Day
December 10 was Human Rights Day, an annual celebration of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In Pittsburgh, 50 community advocates braved the December cold to call upon the city to live up to its promise to be a Human Rights City. Ken Regal paid tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Pittsburgh fast food workers join nationwide protest to raise the minimum wage
Big Macs are yummy. Whoppers are too. And even better, they don’t stretch the wallet. But those low prices are coming at a high cost – $7 billion. That’s the cost to American taxpayers of supporting poverty-wage fast food workers. So last week these workers and their supporters took to the streets.