The Police Budget: A Southeast Fresno Father’s Perspective
$251 MILLION—that's how much of our hard-working taxpayer dollars the Fresno City Council allocated to the Police Department (FPD) for 2026. For 2027, Major Jerry Dyer is proposing to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Derechos queer: ¿dónde estamos ahora?
El 26 de junio de 2015, acababa de cumplir 14 años. Vivía en el centro de Fresno en ese entonces, y mi madre y yo estábamos en nuestra sala viendo la historia desarrollarse en las noticias. El [...] Continue Reading
“Vote Them Out” with Pride
May 11—Fresnans congregated in front of the Hall of Records for a press conference in support of the County library’s request to participate in the annual Rainbow Pride celebrations and in [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger read General Orders No. 3 in Galveston, Texas. This order, given more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, marked the true end of [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor: Only Africans Can Do This!
For those who follow professional marathon races, this year we witnessed the first under two hour men’s marathon race. In April’s London Marathon race, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya broke the marathon [...] Continue Reading
Bredefeld’s Wild Tongue Won’t Be Tamed, Many Forced to Grovel
“What a Drag” At its April 21 meeting, the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved an agreement between the county library and the Fresno Chaffee Zoo to hold summer programs for [...] Continue Reading
The Miracle of Print
Each month, the Community Alliance arrives at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence in the back of a truck. It comes in bundles on pallets, stacked about five feet high. If you’ve ever wondered about how [...] Continue Reading
Haiku
Haiku for Kehinde Solwazi Fifty-Five Year Path Black Arts Revolutionary Seasonal Artist Haiku for Carmen de Lavallade (1931–2025) Biracial Dancer Spring Flow Afro [...] Continue Reading
June 2026 Peace & Social Justice Calendar
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El Rayo; or Self-Deportation Nation
Playhouse Fresno, a theater company established this year, presents their inaugural production about three siblings, two undocumented, the third born in the United States, navigating life in a mixed [...] Continue Reading
June 2026 Arts & Culture Calendar
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La guerra con Irán afecta también a trabajadores del campo
En los campos agrícolas del Valle de San Joaquín, particularmente en los alrededores de Fresno, históricamente mi comunidad de San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca—al igual que otras comunidades indígenas—ha [...] Continue Reading
Climate Science Attacked as Earth Burns
March 2026 set records in California for its unusual heat, early snowmelt and lack of precipitation. Those are the type of conditions climate scientists have been modeling for decades. In 1998, Dr. [...] Continue Reading
More Police, Hiring Freeze for Other Departments
On May 14, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer proposed a $2.55 billion budget for fiscal 2027. The budget includes funding for 21 City departments and new investments including many in capital improvements—$1 [...] Continue Reading
Military-Industrial Complex and Eisenhower’s Warning
When the Trump White House released its budget and called for a $1.5 trillion line for military spending, it reminded me of a farewell address from Jan. 17, 1961. President Eisenhower warned the [...] Continue Reading
Tom Steyer Is 30 Years too Late
As climate activists know all too well, 1988 is the year Dr. James Hansen spoke before Congress and warned them of the dangers of global warming. What they studiously ignore is that simultaneously [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating Small Organic Farmers
The San Joaquin Valley, often called the “fruit basket of the world,” has some of the highest concentration of pesticides and herbicides in the world. Central Valley families all live with the [...] Continue Reading
