Por Lourdes Medina Recibimos abril con una primavera alborotada: con el clima de lluvias y heladas; unos días calurosos. La juventud nos dice: “ya basta de jugar con nuestras vidas y empiecen a [...] Continue Reading
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Familias Inmigrantes Contra Hombres Armados
By Stan Santos Es el invierno del 2018, y de los cielos caen las últimas lágrimas en nuestro querido Valle San Joaquín. Sigue proporcionando riqueza a los ricos, comida y refugio a trabajadores y [...] Continue Reading
FUE LA LEY, NO LA JUSTICIA!
Autor Rafael Maria Valverde Arrancó sus vidas el violento impacto La sangre vertida sobre el duro asfalto. Ellos lo buscaron declaró el agente Seguro de su acto frío, prepotente. El crimen [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rises Up for Central Valley Workers
By Community Alliance Staff Union members and community allies alike rallied late February in Fresno to support organized labor and deter the threat to unions that could result from an anti-union [...] Continue Reading
MARCH 16, 1968: U.S. Troops Massacre 500 Civilians
By Camille Russell Fifty years ago, at the height of the American war in Vietnam, an event known as the My Lai Massacre took place in a small village in Vietnam. U.S. troops killed unarmed women, [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – March 2018
By Michael D. Evans “The job facing American voters…in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – March 2018
Fear of Death the Basis of Conservative Greed Making a nation more important (“Great Again”) to individuals and groups has its side effects. The subjugation of men to government continues as long as [...] Continue Reading
War on Immigrant Families Escalates
By Stan Santos Winter 2018 The cold settles in on another dry winter and the fields, orchards and packing operations are in full swing as the land continues to provide its gifts. During this time, [...] Continue Reading
Connecting the Political to the Personal
By Mai Vang I started my job as Hmong Innovating Politics’ (HIP) Community Organizer nearly six months ago and despite being fluent in Hmong, I’ve had a really tough time trying to explain to my [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Lies to the Public
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley had extremely high levels of air pollution over the holidays. From Dec. 24 to Jan. 5, the hospital emergency wards were jammed. People died in excessive [...] Continue Reading
FOG
By George B. Kauffman Fog and Other Stories by Laury A. Egan, Humanist Press, 1777 T St. NW, Washington, DC, 2013, $13.95. ISBN 978-0-931779-43-2 The author of The Outcast Oracle presents a [...] Continue Reading
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the second article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. Organized camps are the right way to begin solving unsheltered [...] Continue Reading