In 1989, while a high school social studies teacher, I went to Palestine, and what I learned completely transformed my point of view. As a teenager in the 1960s, I had absorbed the Leon Uris Exodus [...] Continue Reading
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“Mom, I Want to Live”: A Ukrainian Family’s Nightmare
Lyudmila, 54, lives in Kherson in a one-bedroom apartment with her daughter Galina, 30; grandson Vasyl, 18 months; son, 20; son-in-law, 32; and five dogs and a red cat. A small apartment is littered [...] Continue Reading
“Following Jesus” Can’t Mean…
Among Christians, “following Jesus” is supposed to be a good thing, the loving way to live. But is following Trump compatible with actually following Jesus? A few non-religious, common-sense [...] Continue Reading
Woven Resilience
BY STORM WONIYA HEREDIA In this era of American society, it might feel like what has happened before is happening again, a form of déjà vu. For how familiar this feels, it presents its own [...] Continue Reading
La Suprema Corte contra la EPA
Desde que el Presidente Trump asumió su puesto, muchos esperan que la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCOTUS por sus siglas en inglés) intervenga en los destinos de la nación estadounidense para frenar los [...] Continue Reading
Arts and Culture Calendar April 2025
Guitar Festival Fresno State’s School of Music is hosting a Guitar Festival on April 11 and 12 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall on the Fresno State campus. The concerts begin at 8 p.m. both days, and [...] Continue Reading
Arte y Cultura de Fresno April 2025
Perfil de Artes La Escuela de Música de la universidad local, CSU Fresno, presenta un Festival de Guitarra los días 11 y 12 de abril en la Sala de Recitales Wahlberg ubicada en el campus de la [...] Continue Reading
Reactions on the Rise
The social tensions and uncertainty generated by the current administration seem to know no bounds. In addition to feuding with countries once considered friends and allies, massive layoffs of workers [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Faith in the Supreme Court In my four campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives in Central California in the 1970s and 1980s, I raised the issue of protecting the Constitution of the United [...] Continue Reading