By Peter Maiden Around 75 people attended a vigil in Fresno on July 18 in honor of Vanessa Guillen. The vigil was held at 717 N. Fresno Street, where a mural featuring her likeness had just been [...] Continue Reading
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Mask It Up, ’Merica!
By I. smiley G. Calderon Americans are strong and caring people who will face a challenge and step up to the plate when their country needs them to and will do whatever it takes to help when the [...] Continue Reading
Lesson of California’s Covid-19 “Hot Spot”
By Pilar Marrero When Imperial County emerged as California’s No. 1 hot spot in Covid-19 infection rates, it exposed three variables—low-wage workers, overcrowded households and inadequate [...] Continue Reading
Some Lessons from the Last Revolution
By Joel Eis Things are getting interesting. History is getting more personal every day. Street demonstrations are a great thing, but they’re not a movement. They’re an action to show how people [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Unmasked: Police Reform Reveals Loyalties
By Kevin Hall (Editor’s note: As of our deadline, the Fresno Police Reform Commission was next scheduled to meet on August 10.) Like it or not, Fresno is about to take a deep dive into community [...] Continue Reading
The Mapuche Hope
By Juan Trujillo Limones “It is important to call today to bring out the best in us, the legacy of the grandparents, the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples for the benefit of all humanity; [...] Continue Reading
Dereliction of Duty
By Tom Frantz This column has detailed the lack of integrity at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) for a long time. Kevin Hall wrote about illegal and insufficient [...] Continue Reading
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor “On a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind possessed [...] Continue Reading
Let’s Make Supervisors Accountable
By Eduardo Stanley It is particularly disgusting to see how elected officials and other public servants are confronting the pandemic that is affecting so much of our community. For instance, the [...] Continue Reading
Exercise Your Right to Vote in Person
The back-and-forth regarding vote-by-mail and in person voting has become a bore. As has been discovered by Americans now that Ms. Liberty’s skirts have been lifted by a perverted, lascivious, [...] Continue Reading
Why Latinos Should Support Kamala Harris as VP
By Gabriel Lerner California Senator Kamala Harris should be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. An energetic and courageous leader, Harris deserves the support of the Latino community at [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – August 2020
WILPF MEETING Normally we meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness Ave. This meeting is open to all. There will be no [...] Continue Reading