Pride Parade Draws Thousands to the Tower District
The 2025 Fresno Pride Parade on June 7 brought thousands to the Tower District. Those in attendance saw 100 different contingents march and ride in the parade as it made its way down Olive Avenue from [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Homeless Ordinance Conflicts with State Model
On May 12, Governor Gavin Newsom released a state model ordinance for “cities and counties to immediately address [homeless] encampments with urgency and dignity.” The Governor’s Office said that the [...] Continue Reading
Explorando el Uso del Suelo en el Valle de San Joaquín
¿Quién decide cómo se utiliza el suelo en el Valle de San Joaquín? ¿Cómo afectan esas decisiones nuestras vidas? ¿Qué podemos hacer al respecto? Estas preguntas fueron el tema central de una gira de [...] Continue Reading
Peace & Social Justice Calendar June 2025
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Respite by the River
Respite by the River Take a break from the rush of everyday life and join the River Parkway Trust for a Respite by the River. Bring your picnic dinner, blanket and lawn chair, and relax at the River [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Arts & Culture Calendar June 2025
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Descanso Junto al Río
Descanso Junto al Río Descanse del ajetreo de la vida diaria y únase al River Parkway Trust para un Descanso junto al Río. Traiga su cena de picnic, manta y silla de jardín, y relájese en el Centro [...] Continue Reading
Arte y Cultura de Fresno Calendario Junio 2025
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Turbulent Times
We are living in turbulent times, never seen before. We are experiencing the premeditated, intentional death of public services serving the population—for example, health and education—while [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Jerry Garcia’s Dead (Undead, Undead, Undead) Why are there so many Grateful Dead cover bands in Humboldt County? (And yes, that was a rhetorical question.) I like the Grateful Dead too, but damn, [...] Continue Reading
Madera Celebrates May Day
On May 1, approximately 200 people participated in the May Day March in Madera to celebrate workers, particularly immigrants. On a sunny and pleasant afternoon, participants gathered in Courthouse [...] Continue Reading
Valadao Against His Community
House Republicans have greenlit a proposal that will cut the Medicaid budget by a staggering $880 billion, effectively eliminating access to public healthcare for the vast majority of low-income [...] Continue Reading
Measure C Conclave Convenes
The doors have slammed shut and the public pushed out of the Fresno County transportation sales tax renewal effort’s inner sanctum. The great unwashed are being told to pray for the best and wait for [...] Continue Reading
Advance Peace Fresno
Different types of gun violence affect different demographic groups. Gun violence in the form of gun homicide is a racial justice issue in that it does not affect all communities equally. In [...] Continue Reading
Measure C Battle Lines Drawn
At the April 22 meeting of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS), points of contention were delineated for the upcoming Measure C renewal vote, with truculent, implacable Vice Chair Garry [...] Continue Reading
Schools Are Failing Our Students
Education over the last several decades has gone through several paroxysms of change, all of them bringing education to the state it is in today. Essentially, non-congruence between increasing [...] Continue Reading
John Sierra, Una Vida Dedicada a la Pintura
John Sierra es hijo del Valle. Aquí nació y vivió toda su vida. Y aquí plasmó su talento por la pintura y formó jóvenes interesados en el arte. Maestro y alumno que no deja de aprender y expresarse. [...] Continue Reading
Mike Rhodes Recibe Premio a la Trayectoria
El 17 de mayo, Mike Rhodes recibió el Premio a la Trayectoria del Centro Para la no Violencia de Fresno (FCNV, por sus siglas en inglés), en reconocimiento a su dedicación a la paz y a la justicia [...] Continue Reading
Primero los Inmigrantes el 1 de Mayo
El Primero de Mayo de este año en el Valle Central fue un día de acción centrado en las políticas de deportación masiva de la administración Trump y en defensa de los trabajadores inmigrantes y sus [...] Continue Reading
John Sierra: A Life Dedicated to Painting
John Sierra is a son of the Valley. He was born here and lived his entire life here. And here is where he developed his talent for painting and educated young people interested in art. A teacher and a [...] Continue Reading
Valadao Contra su Comunidad
Los Republicanos en la Cámara de Diputados dieron luz verde a una propuesta que recortará el presupuesto de Medicaid en la increíble suma de $880 billones de dólares, lo que significa eliminar el [...] Continue Reading
Mike Rhodes Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
On May 17, Mike Rhodes received the Fresno Center for Nonviolence (FCNV) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his dedication to peace and social and economic justice. Rhodes co-founded the [...] Continue Reading
21st Century Indentured Servitude
My father was among many Mexicans who participated in the Bracero Program during the 1940s and 1950s. The program, born out of a desperate need to address labor shortages during World War II, promised [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s New Poet Laureate
Meet Fresno’s new poet laureate, Salinas-born Gen X Chicana, Aideed Medina. A powerful woman who exudes resilience and hope, Medina intimately understands hardship and conveys this through her poetry. [...] Continue Reading
Scholarship Fund Advances Social Justice
When I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer seven years ago and was told that I “might” have a year to live, local attorneys Steve Malm and Howard Watkins approached me with a proposal. They wanted [...] Continue Reading
A Sad State of Affairs
It isn’t just our nation in a sad state of affairs but our entire world for which we have long been considered the leader. Actually, it isn’t just sad, it is frightening. Yes, I know the older [...] Continue Reading
Meditation
Lost in My Mind travel/ My biggest wars are mind battles/ Concentrated thoughts/ through galaxies/ And Planet Rocks/ I feel the cool darkness as I pray towards the stars/ Listening to [...] Continue Reading
How Social Media Is Changing Our Lives
Several recent books and articles that probe the troubling aspects of social media have something in common: They focus on the dangers that social media platforms pose for the young. Less explored, [...] Continue Reading
From Nicaragua to Vietnam to Palestine
This spring, Veterans for Peace (VFP) members were part of two impactful delegations—first to Nicaragua in March, then to Vietnam in April and May. These veterans, who are committed to exposing the [...] Continue Reading
Honoring Our Revolutionaries
The third annual Malcolm X El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz birthday event on May 18 at Free AME Ministries featured young poets Alani Kent and Love Quezada, speakers Dr. Melissa Knight and Dr. Michael [...] Continue Reading
The Catastrophe Continues
May 15 marked the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the “catastrophe” in 1948 when more than 750,000 Palestinians (80% of the population) were forcibly dispossessed from their lands and homes in what is [...] Continue Reading
Neocolonial Dilemma in Africa
Under the influence or direction of former colonial powers and international organizations, many African countries have adopted Western-style democracy since the wave of independence movements in the [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Tombstone Community Celebrates Safe Drinking Water Access On May 13, residents of Tombstone Territory, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, celebrated the groundbreaking of a long-awaited [...] Continue Reading
The Silence of the Headlines
BY ZARINA ZABRISKY The Russian war of aggression has shattered Ukraine’s daily life. International coverage understates the scale of Russian attacks on the frontline territories and cities, said a [...] Continue Reading
