WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday Jan 12 at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK Jan 4, (first Wednesday of [...] Continue Reading
Joint Statement from the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and National Indigenous Congress
Translated By Jonathan Luevanos (Author’s note: The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a revolutionary leftist political group formed by indigenous people from the Lacandon Jungle in [...] Continue Reading
FRESNO PROGRESSIVES REJECT PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP
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Fresno Leaders Speak Out About Post-Election Immigration Concerns
By Vic Bedoian There are an estimated three hundred thousand undocumented immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley who fear what the future may hold for them if the Trump administration does what they [...] Continue Reading
Mixed Election Results in Fresno County
By Michael D. Evans No doubt everyone was shocked by the outcome of the national election. We will be assessing and analyzing how Donald Trump could possibly have been elected President for [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Commemoration Day
By Mariya Zheleva Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” This year, the Human Rights [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Native Americans Raise Awareness About the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Hannah Brandt Central Valley tribes held three events in Fresno in November to educate the public about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and support native peoples protecting the land and water at [...] Continue Reading
KFCF BANQUET 2016
Free Speech Award recipients 2016 are Justice Rene Medina and Juan Rafael Avitia. Programmer of the Year Award recipient is Tom Willey for “Down on the Farm.” Photos by Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz and [...] Continue Reading
Science Lessons for the Next President
By George B. Kauffman Before our recent election, several science journalists wrote a detailed article titled “Science Lessons for the Next President,” Science October 21, 2016, [...] Continue Reading
The Twilight Zone
By Tiffany A. Potter Two days post-election at the time of writing… For the record, I believed I was done writing about this election last month, but the truth is I’m still reeling. I don’t [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air Quality & Trump
By Tom Frantz The regressive policy proposals of Donald Trump will almost certainly be implemented during his first year in office. These will likely include federal changes weakening low-income [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – Dec 2016
A New Reality By Susan Schmale Sanger, CA Hi, Hannah. I wanted to email you after reading the first issue published with you as editor, but then "life happened" as usual, and I had no time. I don't [...] Continue Reading