Sukhvir Kaur, an immigrant from India living in Visalia, knew something was wrong when her oldest son, Anmol, asked, “Mom, do I look different?” He avoided elaborating for a while, but later he [...] Continue Reading
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The Condemned: Transferring Out of San Quentin
By Donald Ray Young So now we can get off the row, but the death sentence remains? The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has taken the first steps in removing the death [...] Continue Reading
The Pandemic Is Here
We hoped it was just a fantasy or that it would never get to us. But no, reality woke us up and today we are confronting a devastating pandemic causing severe damage, including death and financial [...] Continue Reading
Meghan and Prince Harry’s Historical Choice
In celebrating African-American History month, I was overjoyed that an African-American woman is making history. From a Pan-African perspective, I am glad that African-British and African-American [...] Continue Reading
Ending Homelessness
I would like people to know… To end homelessness will take affordable permanent housing and permanent employment if able to work. To do that, we need more people in the community to get involved. [...] Continue Reading
Future of Central Valley Agriculture Is Regenerative
By Benny Corona California’s Central Valley feeds the United States, producing more than one-fourth of the nation’s food including 40% of the nation’s fruits and nuts. It is also home to the most [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating the Power of Women’s Movements
By Loretta Kensinger, Ph.D. During Women’s History Month, we should do more than celebrate achievements of those women “firsts” who make it into the halls of power. While individual milestones [...] Continue Reading
The Fight of Your Life, for Your Life
By Jackson Shepherd I have not been a member of Veterans for Peace (VFP) for long. If you had told me that in less than two years that I would be an activist and organizer spending a week lobbying [...] Continue Reading
People of Cuba, Living under U.S. Siege
By Leni Villagomez Reeves For 60 years, Cubans have been suffering as the price for being independent. The United States offers lip service to freedom but doesn’t tolerate it for a second anywhere [...] Continue Reading
Chilean Injustice
By Juan Trujillo Limones “We had to resign ourselves to the fact that the person who was there in the coffin sealed with a paper from the Legal Medical Service (LMS) was my brother,” explains [...] Continue Reading
Slow Train Wreck of California’s Online Community College
By David Bacon It might have taken more than two years, but the Calbright online community college has apparently lost any support it might have enjoyed in the state legislature when the California [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – April 2020
Hope in Uncertain Times I wish all remain well while navigating these difficult times brought on by the COVID-19 virus; the health of each of you is what matters most! Our daily lives and routines [...] Continue Reading