Fans of the composer Igor Stravinsky might find his modernist work The Rite of Spring a suitable soundtrack for the story of Peter Stravinski the developer, particularly its “Sacrificial Dance” [...] Continue Reading
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The Rise of Black Studies
Beginning at Merritt College in Oakland in 1961, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton organized the Negro History Fact Group, which was the first Black history course offered in higher education. The course [...] Continue Reading
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Suffering by the numbers: In 2022, the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department reported 582,000 unhoused individuals in the United States. Of that number, 233,832 were unsheltered and [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Sponsored Page October 2023 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to [...] Continue Reading
Hasidic Rosh Hashanah in Uman
In 2022, amid Russia’s full-scale invasion, more than 23,000 Hasidic Jews marked Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Ukraine—which is, coincidentally, the city of the author’s ancestors. The pilgrims arrived from [...] Continue Reading
An Infamous Event That Sparked a “Forgotten” Memory
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1942–1945. This project is made possible through a grant from the California Civil [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
October 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the September 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC Sponsored Page
October 2023 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Central Valley Progressive PAC sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
How Did Your State Reps Vote on Gun Safety?
Do you know how your State Senator and Assembly Member voted on the five gun safety bills that were introduced in the legislature this year? There are several reasons why you might not know how they [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Fuego Seeking Victories
On Aug. 26, Central Valley Fuego played Forward Madison (Wisconsin) at the home stadium. Christian Chaney, an excellent player who was on the Fuego squad last year, and with the Fresno Foxes before [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Center for Nonviolence Sponsored Page
October 2023 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
“First They Came…” Again
We are again in a period of racist ultranationalism and right-wing extremism. It’s not the first one. We can choose to defend those who are under attack now. Or we can wait until the attackers come [...] Continue Reading