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
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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