Thousands of Fresnans gathered at Fresno High School on March 24 in support of students throughout the country advocating an end to gun violence. Students, families and supporters of March for Our [...] Continue Reading
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FTA Elects New President
By Louis Jamerson The Fresno Teachers Association (FTA) has elected a new president, Manuel Bonilla. Bonilla received 82% of the vote. Bonilla is currently a teacher at McLane High School, where he [...] Continue Reading
TECTONIC FORCES CONVERGE: Walls of Institutional Racism Sway at City Hall
By Kevin Hall A recent unanimous vote by the Fresno City Council threatens to knock the city’s developer-controlled politics right off its old foundations. The legislative temblor struck in late [...] Continue Reading
The Face of Racism
By Kevin Hall A pustule occasionally erupts on Fresno’s complacent face of institutionalized racism. At the Jan. 25 City Council meeting, it was Council Member Steve Brandau’s turn. Again. He [...] Continue Reading
Who Deserves Our City’s Financial Assistance?
By Norman M. Lambert There is an interesting power play going on currently in Fresno. We have criminalized the homeless (the lowest rung on the ladder of life) and subsidized (welfare for the rich) [...] Continue Reading
Immigrant Families Against Men with Guns
By Stan Santos It is the late winter of 2018, and the skies shed their last tears in our cherished San Joaquin Valley. The land continues providing wealth to the rich, food and shelter to poor and [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants and the Sad Realities of Healthcare
By Samuel Molina Congress made further attempts last year to remove provisions from the Affordable Care Act, therefore it is necessary to remain vigilant and do all that can be done in each state to [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: 2017 Air District Annual Report
By Tom Frantz For the past 10 years, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) has issued an annual report to Valley residents regarding its past activities, recent air [...] Continue Reading
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the third article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. The third reason voluntary enrollment in an organized camp is the right [...] Continue Reading
Where Is Our Humanity?
By Ruth Gadebusch Almost as regular as clockwork, another vehicle filled with people in desperate straits is found in one of our southern border areas. They are packed in with no provisions, be it [...] Continue Reading
Using the Poor to Wage War on the Poor
By Mike Starry Promising tax cuts, the Republicans have used the media to manipulate millions of working people to vote against their own long-term economic interests. As a new diversionary tactic, [...] Continue Reading