Our online poll question for June is:
“Do you support the death penalty?”
The Community Alliance invites your comments on this issue.
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Our online poll question for June is: “Do you support the death penalty?” The Community Alliance invites your comments on this issue. The Fresno Pacific University Web site mentions that Fresno became part of the United States as a result of the U.S.-Mexican War.1 Although not advertised as such at the time, historians now agree that U.S. forces, led by General Zachary Taylor, engaged in a war of conquest for territorial expansion that was ended by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The war was rationalized in the U.S. by the “patriotic” belief that it would bring Anglo-Saxon institutions into an unenlightened area. Sound familiar? On April 17, 2010, Fresno Pacific University’s Sunbird Conservatives, a nascent student group generally at political odds …[Read the details] [ This article originally appeared in ColorLines and was reported in collaboration with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. See: http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/investigations/1293/ ] A thwarted attempt by the San Diego Tribune seven years ago to obtain disciplinary records for a deputy sheriff has rewritten police accountability across California. That case wound up at the California Supreme Court, which issued a sweeping ruling, Copley Press v. Superior Court, in August 2006. Though the ruling attracted some attention at the time it was issued in August 2006, and a short-lived effort at repeal, there has been no comprehensive attempt to assess …[Read the details] The June 8 primary election features a large field of candidates-from City Council to Congressional races. There are also five state propositions on the ballot. How can progressives get the information necessary to make informed choices in this election? Fortunately, there are groups like the Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVPPAC) that take the time to figure out who the best candidates are for each race and which propositions to support. The CVPPAC has endorsed the following candidates: Fresno County Supervisor District 1: Cynthia Sterling Fresno County Assessor-Recorder: Carole Laval Fresno City Council District 3: Oliver Baines Fresno …[Read the details] Local proponents of nuclear power are leading a campaign to create a new generation of energy production based in the San Joaquin Valley. This effort seeks to build, somewhere in the west side of the valley, an “energy park” comprising two, 1600-megawatt nuclear reactors and a solar panel array that would generate electricity for half a million homes and create thousands of local jobs. They tried to make a big splash in Fresno last month with a high-profile business luncheon featuring Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of the French nuclear power developer Areva. This articulate scientist is a powerhouse in her …[Read the details] |
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