Sit-in at CSU-Fresno to Stop Genocide in Gaza
// By Mike Rhodes
Students at CSU-Fresno held a sit-in on campus to focus attention on the genocide taking place in Gaza and to call for an immediate end to the war. Over 150 students, faculty and community [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
// By Community Alliance
Progressive, Local/Independent News The May 2024 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the May 2024 [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants Keep the American Economy Afloat
// By Jim Mendez
The success of the American economy is dependent on a successful and ordered immigration system. Since the 1970s, the native-born U.S. population has not been having enough children to replace [...] Continue Reading
Japanese Incarceration Panel Brings History to Young People
// By Eduardo Stanley
On April 24, about 90 people filled the Forum Hall Auditorium at Fresno City College to listen to Dale Ikeda and Marion Masada talk about the Japanese incarceration during World War II. From 1942 [...] Continue Reading
Hate Crimes Difficult to Convict
// By Sunita Sohrabji
An increasing number of hate crimes are being reported in California, but convictions continue to remain low, said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. At the April 6 United Against Hate summit [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
// By Eduardo Stanley
Congressional Paralysis on Immigration The only bipartisan outcome in the U.S. Congress is that the immigration situation, including the bizarre status quo at the border with Mexico, continues to [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
// By Community Alliance
Trumpism Is Rebranded Racism! Amid this brouhaha about Trump the loser, Trump the leader, Trump the owner of the Right Wing, etc., etc., etc., the underlying question we are missing is: “What is [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
// By Community Alliance
Coalinga-Huron Teachers Vote to Strike On April 15, educators from the Coalinga-Huron Unified Teachers Association (CHUTA) voted to authorize a strike if a settlement cannot be reached by early [...] Continue Reading
Do Not Pass FresGo!
// By Kevin Hall
The unfortunately named Texas game company Top Trumps has garnered Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer’s enthusiastic support for a local version of Monopoly, the board game focused on property ownership, [...] Continue Reading
Devaluation of High School Graduation Requirements
// By Steven Roesch
In early March, an article in The Economist examined a bewildering paradox. From 2007 to 2020, graduation rates at public secondary schools in the United States climbed from 74% to an impressive [...] Continue Reading
COP28 Outcomes
// By Debay Tadesse
The United Nations hosts an international conference called the Conference of the Parties (COP) to debate the steps that must be taken to combat climate change. Government representatives from all [...] Continue Reading
The Truth Be Told
// By Michael D. Evans
Peggy Noonan, an author who served as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration, wrote an article titled “Dem Problems: A Great Political Party Can’t Thrive on Snob Appeal” that appeared in the [...] Continue Reading
México to Elect Its First Woman President
// By Miguel Ángel Báez
Officially, three candidates will appear on the June 2 ballot when Mexicans elect their next president. However, only two have a realistic chance of winning. Claudia Sheinbaum, age 61, is from the [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Open Cup Eludes Central Valley Fuego
// By Angel Moreno
(Editor’s note: This article is reprinted courtesy of the National Premier Soccer League [NPSL].) El Farolito beat Central Valley Fuego FC 2-1 in the U.S. Open Cup’s Second Round at UC Merced’s [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Violations in Palestine
// By Stan Santos
Raza Against War (RAW) has launched a campaign in Fresno to seek application of the Leahy Law to suspected human rights violations in Palestine. The dual focus of this campaign are Rep. Jim Costa [...] Continue Reading
Gaza Catastrophe Exposes the System
// By Bob McCloskey
Say their names: These are the names and ages of only five of the more than 14,000 children killed by U.S. bombs and missiles since Oct. 7 (names published by Al Jazeera News) in Israel’s war on [...] Continue Reading
Stop the Age Bashing
// By Ruth Gadebusch
In the interest of full disclosure, I admit nine decades of age plus being well into the 10th influencing the following. Growing up in the era of experience gained in age being honored and [...] Continue Reading
Cuba: Saving the Culture
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
Fidel Castro said, “Lo primero que hay que salvar es la cultura (The first thing to save is culture).” He was speaking at the beginning of the Special Period, the time when Cuba lost more than 80% of [...] Continue Reading
At the Crossroads in Ukraine
// By Zarina Zabrisky
At 10:30 p.m. Kyiv time, on April 14, by Odesa railway station, a short, middle-aged woman with a boyish salt-and-pepper haircut gets on the long-distance bus to Moldova and cries quietly, sunglasses [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC
// By Community Alliance
Sponsored Page You can read the print version of the Central Valley Progressive PAC page below. This is a .pdf of the May 2024 Central Valley Progressive PAC Sponsored Page. There are features that [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
// By Community Alliance
May 2024 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the May 2024 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
// By Community Alliance
Sponsored PageMay 2024 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Central Labor Council
// By Community Alliance
Sponsored PageMay 2024 You can read the print version of the Central Labor Council page below. This is a .pdf of the May 2024 Central Labor Council Sponsored Page. There are features that allow [...] Continue Reading
El Procurador General Habla con Activistas en Fresno
// By Mike Rhodes
POR MIKE RHODES La cumbre “Unidos Contra el Odio”, que tuvo lugar en el Colegio Comunitario de Fresno el 6 de abril, reunió a una coalición de grupos comunitarios cuyo objetivo es reducir los [...] Continue Reading
Vigilia en Honor a Jornaleros Fallecidos
// By Eduardo Stanley
POR EDUARDO STANLEY El pasado 28 de marzo unas 50 personas se congregaron en el Parque de la Corte, en el corazón de Madera, para rendir homenaje a los siete jornaleros mexicanos fallecidos un mes [...] Continue Reading
Manzanar: Vivir la Historia y Recordar el Pasado
// By Vic Bedoian
POR VIC BEDOIAN “Nunca podremos corregir por completo los errores del pasado. Pero podemos adoptar una postura clara a favor de la justicia y reconocer que se cometieron graves injusticias contra [...] Continue Reading
Las candidatas y el Candidato a la Presidencia de México
// By Claudia Ortíz
El 1 de marzo del 2024 empezaron en México las campañas electorales las cuales definirán quién asumirá la presidencia en las elecciones generales del 2 de junio de 2024. Según el Instituto Nacional [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Fuego Pierde Oportunidad de Avanzar en el US Open
// By Angel Moreno
POR ÁNGEL MORENO, cortesía de NPSL (Nota del Editor: Este artículo se publica por cortesía de la National Premier Soccer League [NPSL].) El Farolito venció a Central Valley Fuego FC 2-1 en la [...] Continue Reading
Cuba: Salvando la Cultura
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
POR LENI VILLAGOMEZ REEVES “Lo primero que hay que salvar es la cultura”, dijo Fidel, al comienzo del Período Especial, cuando, con la caída del bloque soviético, Cuba perdió más de 80% de sus [...] Continue Reading
La Discriminación Antilatina Creó la Generación ‘No Sabo’
// By Michelle Zacarias
(Nota del Editor: la siguiente nota se reproduce con el permiso de Caló News) Los latinos en Estados Unidos tienen una identidad cultural que es rica y diversa, con elementos característicos, como [...] Continue Reading