By Emily Cameron On February 17, state senators Ricardo Lara and Toni Atkins introduced SB-562, the Californians for A Healthy California Act, into the California state legislature. The bill is yet [...] Continue Reading
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ICE Recruitment at Fresno State Career Fair Prompts Protest
By Community Alliance Staff During the second week of March, the administration of CSU Fresno sent out the following letter to students. From: CSU Fresno President Castro Subject: Border Patrol and [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April 2017
By Hannah Brandt The last few weeks many have been focused on healthcare. In a whirlwind of brutality and incompetence, the GOP health plan/Trumpcare imploded before our eyes. It had some of the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2017
Ballot Observation News!! Emily Cameron Clovis, CA I started off as a Bernie volunteer with a mission to monitor the Registrar of Voters so our candidate would be treated fairly. What we saw was much [...] Continue Reading
FUNDAMENTALISM ON TRIAL
By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. Twelve Claims of the Christian Right Fall under Strict Secular Scrutiny. All are flagrant examples of “cherry picking.” Abortion: Fundamentalists say that outlawing [...] Continue Reading
WHY CUBA?
By Leni Reeves Find out for yourself. The Caravan will be in Fresno on Tuesday, April 25. We will share accurate and up-to-date information about Cuba, U.S.-Cuba relations, and what needs to be done [...] Continue Reading
Insecurity
By Tiffany A. Potter in·se·cu·ri·ty ˌinsəˈkyo͝orədē/ noun 1. uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence. There are some days when my insecurities are palpable, a feeling so intense [...] Continue Reading
Resist Fest 2017: An Open Invitation to Join the Resistance
UPDATE: Resist Fest has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date. To help the resisters go here: https://www.indiegogo.com/pro…/fresno-resistance-legal-fund… Resist Fest A Letter to [...] Continue Reading
May Day 2017
Immigrants and their supporters continue to reel from the rapid succession of Executive Orders and anti-immigrant measures launched by the Trump Administration. Trump and conservatives in Congress [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Public be Damned!
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) recently released their annual report to the community. It is a collection of misleading information describing the [...] Continue Reading
A Border Agent Took My Sister and Me Into a Closet and Sexually Assaulted Us
By Clarita* Warning: This piece contains descriptions of sexual assault experienced by the author by a U.S. immigration officer. (Editor’s Note: This account was originally published on the website [...] Continue Reading
John H. Dietrich: The Father of Religious Humanism
Book Review By George B. Kauffman John H. Dietrich: The Father of Religious Humanism, By Mason Olds, Fellowship of Religious Humanism, 1977, paperback, $15.95. 67 pp. Available from Humanist Press [...] Continue Reading