By Wasan Abu Baker Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a period of prayer, fasting, charity giving and self–accountability for Muslims around the world. The first verses of the [...] Continue Reading
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From the Editor – June 2018
Dear Reader, The incessant attacks to our First Amendment rights by the Trump Administration are not, by any means, the sole struggles of journalism in America. Newspapers, and those involved in [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – June 2018
Ensure Student Voices Are Heard I’m a recent alumnus of Fresno Unified School District’s Edison High School. Our youth feel unsafe when they are walking to school with people getting killed in their [...] Continue Reading
This Upside-Down Nation
By Ruth Gadebusch My head just can’t stop swirling with each day’s political news. So much lip service is given to the vision of our forefathers (mothers were excluded) of the nation that was supposed [...] Continue Reading
Interview with Peace and Freedom Candidate for Governor Gloria La Riva
By Peter Maiden Gloria La Riva is a longtime social activist. She is a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. La Riva retired as a printer at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she worked [...] Continue Reading
Male Privilege, Misogyny and White Fear on the Campaign Trail
By Kevin Hall (Editor’s note: The writer has supported the Veva Islas campaign financially and as a volunteer.) Three candidates are vying to become the next representative for District 7 on the [...] Continue Reading
Immigrant Detainees: What Happens After Arrest
By Boston Woodard During a six-week extradition beginning in California on March 20, 2017, and ending May 4, 2017, in Massachusetts, I witnessed a small part of President Donald Trump’s war on [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Wrong Way to Clean the Air
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) is considering a hot-spot strategy to address pollution from residential wood burning and restaurant charbroiling. [...] Continue Reading
Breaking the Iran Nuclear Deal Is a Significant Threat to World Peace
By Gerry Bill If there were a Nobel Prize for “Greatest Threat to World Peace,” perhaps Donald Trump should be the first one to be nominated for it. There could be many bases for nominating him, but [...] Continue Reading
Slaughter Dedicated to Women’s Issues
By George B. Kauffman Louise M. Slaughter (D–NY) died on March 16 (1929–2018) at the age of 88, the oldest sitting member of Congress, serving her 16th term in the House of Representatives. She was [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Anti-Camping Ordinance
By Paul Thomas Jackson (Editor’s note: This is the second article of a four-part series on Fresno’s anti-camping ordinance.) Fresno’s Unhealthy and Hazardous Camping Act 2017 is unique among cities’ [...] Continue Reading
Trump Administration’s Attack on “Sanctuary Cities”
By Ben Monterroso The systematic attacks against the migrant community by the Trump Administration have re-manifested in the public agenda in recent weeks. The newest clash is between the different [...] Continue Reading