Is there any humanity left in Fresno’s leaders? It’s a fair question when the mayor and the City Council refuse to open warming centers even when temperatures drop to 35 degrees. Although the [...] Continue Reading
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Foro Sobre Migración Atrae Numeroso Público en Madera
El pasado 11 de febrero, unas 80 personas abarrotaron el salón de eventos de la Biblioteca Pública de la Ciudad de Madera para participar de un foro informativo sobre migración en el cual participaron [...] Continue Reading
Local Dems Reiterate Opposition to Free Speech
At the January meeting of the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee (FCDCC), the body voted to keep in place a ban on having the Community Alliance newspaper in its headquarters that was [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Speaks Out
“I’m here because it’s Dr. King’s birthday, and I feel that his birthday is everyday,” said Rev. Dr. Floyd Harris Jr., pastor of the Free AME Ministries in Fresno, during a demonstration at Blackstone [...] Continue Reading
Democrats Bend the Knee on Immigrant Rights
(Editor’s note: We reprint this article with the permission of Ethnic Media Services. We must point out that San Joaquin Valley Reps. Jim Costa (D–Fresno), Adam Gray (D–Merced) and Josh Harder [...] Continue Reading
Inmigración: Empiezan las Redadas Masivas de Indocumentados
La nueva administración estadounidense del presidente Donald Trump empieza a cumplir las promesas electorales del hoy presidente de deportar millones de indocumentados. La obsesión contra los [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s New War on Drugs and Unhoused People
It has been a long year And I am still here. I am cold, So very cold. I sit on a dirty blanket Next to a building made of polished granite. I watch people laugh and kiss, and feel [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
We Need to Vote Some Reps Out The new era of madness started in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20. It was not a surprise because Trump promised lots of extreme right policies as a candidate. And now he [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
A couple of observations regarding your January issue. First, in Ruth Gadebusch’s column (“One Woman’s View”), she states that “If Hunter Biden were not the President’s son, this offense would have [...] Continue Reading
MLK Day
Jan. 20 was the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and the City of Fresno held its annual march and rally in commemoration of the civil rights leader. Fresno is unusual in holding a City-sponsored [...] Continue Reading