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It Has Happened Here: Hit the Streets!
In the 1935 dystopian novel about fascism titled It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Lewis states that “when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” It seems [...] Continue Reading
Fighting Oligarchy Tour Inspires Bakersfield
The coast-to-coast “Fighting Oligarchy Tour,” featuring Senator Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.), hit the Central Valley town of Bakersfield, where oil and agriculture [...] Continue Reading
Cocina Comunitaria Ayudará a Vendedores Ambulantes
Los vendedores ambulantes son ya parte del paisaje de las ciudades y pueblos del Valle. Su presencia es más notoria durante eventos públicos, desde deportivos y culturales hasta protestas políticas. [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
One Fresno or the Tale of Two Cities
This map of the November 2024 presidential election in Fresno County illustrates a voting pattern that is consistent ever since the Community Alliance started creating them in 2012. What you see is [...] Continue Reading
Equity on the Mall
Fourteen hundred people, many of them representing nonprofits in the San Joaquin Valley, came together on April 23 on the mall in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento to listen to speakers, [...] Continue Reading
May Day March in Madera
The Madera May Day Committee announced on April 21 the celebration of International Workers’ Day on May 1 starting at 5 p.m. The celebration will include a 40-minute march through the city [...] Continue Reading
Marcha 1 de Mayo en Madera
El Comité del Día de Mayo de Madera anunció el lunes 21 de abril, la celebración del Día Internacional de los Trabajadores el jueves 1ro. de Mayo a partir de las 5 p.m. en el Parque de la Corte (210 [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Valley Reps Vote Against Constituents’ Interest
On April 10, Congress voted on a Continuing Resolution for the House Budget that would extend tax cuts that mainly benefit corporations and the wealthy. To partially cover the cost of the tax cuts, [...] Continue Reading
Costa Fighting to Save Medicaid
On April 8, Rep. Jim Costa (D‒Fresno) held a “Medicaid Matters” telephone town hall for a discussion with his constituents about Donald Trump and House Republicans’ budget proposal to cut Medicaid by [...] Continue Reading