By Hannah Brandt This month, it is hard to write this. That is not only because I happen to be sick as a dog as I do so, but as many of you know, this is my last month as editor. Even when one [...] Continue Reading
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Letters to the Editor – December 2017
What Is a “Clean” DREAM Act? By Sonia Martinez A “clean” DREAM Act would be legislation free from harmful provisions that hurt or demonize members of the broader undocumented community. A clean [...] Continue Reading
#MeToo
By Tiffany A. Potter At the time of our deadline, and the weeks prior, we’ve experienced a storm surge of sexual harassment and molestation stories and allegations nationally. From Hollywood elites [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Biomass | Recycle or Burn?
By Tom Frantz On Nov. 7 and 8, a Biomass Summit was hosted by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier. The purpose [...] Continue Reading
Make the Break (If You Can)
By George B. Kauffman Make the Break (If You Can) by Dr. Reginald J. Exton (Author), Roy Speckhardt (Editor), Humanist Press, 1777 T St. NW, Washington, D.C., 2012, $9.99. ISBN 9780931779268. NASA [...] Continue Reading
First Arrest under Homeless No Camping Ordinance
By Mike Rhodes The police made their first arrest of a homeless man under the No Camping ordinance one week after the Standing in Solidarity with the Homeless event. Jerry Mulford was arrested in [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Day in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” Hilary Clinton, then First Lady, on Sept. 5, 1995, said these powerful words during the [...] Continue Reading
South of Shaw: Introducing Straight Outta Fresno
By Valley Public History Project Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at [...] Continue Reading
Study Says Climate Change and Drought Threatens Giant Sequoias
By Vic Bedoian A new study of California’s Giant Sequoia groves shows the largest trees on earth are surviving effects of the most recent multiyear drought but are increasingly vulnerable to the [...] Continue Reading
People’s Fair Sentencing and Public Safety Act
By Victoria Johnson At the request of the people of California, WeThePeople.org is making a difference in public safety by helping to reduce the drivers of crime: drug addiction, trauma, poverty and [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Teachers Association – December 2017
We Are Ready! 99% of FTA Voted to Strike if Necessary [...] Continue Reading
Did I Bring This on Myself?
By Halima Aquino The disturbing revelations I witnessed first-hand, experienced, heard about or gleaned over the years flooded my head as I woke up yet again last week to more “coming out” stories of [...] Continue Reading