By Sudarshan Kapoor “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta [...] Continue Reading
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Oliver Baines Talks to the Community Alliance
By Richard Stone Oliver Baines is the Fresno City Council Member for District 3, which encompasses some of the Tower District, downtown and West Fresno. Meeting him in his City Hall office, I was [...] Continue Reading
To Vote or Not to Vote?*
By Michael D. Evans Most of us belong to one or more listservs. And it is not uncommon to get somewhat annoyed by the arguments, misinformation and sometimes sheer nonsense that seems to populate [...] Continue Reading
Air Board Publicity Stunt: Clearing the Air – December 2013
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board (Air Board) has recently submitted a request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a determination of compliance [...] Continue Reading
Oil and Money versus Climate in the San Joaquin Valley
By Chip Ashley California environmental policy is “schizophrenic.” So says Justin Malan of Heal the Bay, a Southern California nonprofit with a goal of “making southern California’s coastal waters [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Peace Corp Volunteer in Peru
By Ingrid Carmean Surrounded by rich agricultural lands, Cerro Candela is probably the poorest community with whom the Peace Corps Peru environmental group works. Of the three communities I work [...] Continue Reading
Good Will in the Mountains of Chiapas
By Patricia Wells Solorzano (Editor’s note: Patricia Wells Solorzano, a well-known musical artist in the Fresno area, was invited to attend an Escuelita Zapatista in Chiapas, Mexico, in August. About [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – December 2013
No WILPF meeting in December. See you at the CRAFTS FAIRE December 14. WOMEN IN BLACK December 4, (first Wednesday of each month) at noon at Fresno County Courthouse; come on the month in which your [...] Continue Reading
Gay Agenda: Holiday Edition!
By Kaylia Metcalfe Happy December! Usually around this time you start seeing the recap lists: “Best Fashion Moments of 2013!,” “Worst Moments of 2013: Politician Edition!,” “Hottest Videos of 2013,” [...] Continue Reading
Straight No Chaser
By Kaylia Metcalfe Straight No Chaser (SNC) is the 10-member a cappella group that has been making headlines and changing the way mainstream pop culture views a cappella music. Since forming as [...] Continue Reading
The Shameful Wrong: Nobel Prize for MRI Imaging
By George B. Kauffman According to the late Ulf Lagerkvist, a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences who participated in judging nominations for the Chemistry Prize, “It is in the nature of the [...] Continue Reading