By Marc Keyser President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because Comey would not drop the Trump-Russia investigation, and that’s obstruction of justice. The Republican-controlled Congress said [...] Continue Reading
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A Nightmare from Immigration to Tariffs
By Ruth Gadebusch Who would have thought the immigration fiasco would still be festering. And fiasco is the mildest name we could designate! Congress has had ample time to fix it but continues to let [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2018
For a Better Future Kevin De Leon is a Democrat who is running for the U.S Senate, but is he really looking out for the people? Well, it is important to look at what he believes in through his past [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – September 2018
Dear Reader, We begin September by celebrating Labor Day, which pays tribute to the American worker as well as the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. It is a longstanding public [...] Continue Reading
Community Activism Delivers
By Vic Bedoian Will Arvin’s new oil ordinance translate into environmental justice gains in other hard-hit San Joaquin Valley towns? Juan Flores, a Delano-based community organizer with the Center on [...] Continue Reading
Arvin’s Oil Ordinance Points the Way Toward Environmental Justice in the Valley
By Vic Bedoian In July, the City of Arvin made a decision that could become a landmark of environmental justice throughout the state. The City Council passed an ordinance regulating oil-drilling [...] Continue Reading
Richard Stone Was a Beloved Member of the Progressive Community
By Mike Rhodes Talking to Avigdar Adams, Richard Stone’s domestic partner for 46 years, you get a sense of the rich life Richard lived. He was on the Editorial Board of the Community Alliance [...] Continue Reading
Building Healthy Communities – September 2018
September 8 Endorsement Meeting The next CVPPAC meeting will be September 8 at 2 p.m. at Studio 65, 2965 N. Maroa Ave., Fresno. The purpose of the meeting will be to select candidates to endorse in [...] Continue Reading
Compassion: Even for Dying Prisoners
By Boston Woodard A Massachusetts law passed in April allows the early release of dying prisoners. Alexander Phillips, housed in a medium-security prison in Norfolk, had his appeal for a compassionate [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Poor Air Quality Is Causing Diabetes
By Tom Frantz This article is about diabetes. Diabetes is related to air quality because fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) has been recently proven, without a doubt, to be a significant cause [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Supervisors Formally Oppose Values Act
By Raul Pickett The Tulare County Board of Supervisors recently voted to support the federal government’s suit against the enactment of the State of California’s Values Act (SB 54), which proclaimed [...] Continue Reading
March Against Walls and the Separation of Families
By Stan Santos On June 18, during a demonstration held at the Federal Courthouse in Fresno, it was announced that a march against injustice would take place to include several westside Fresno County [...] Continue Reading