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
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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
From the Editor – Dec 2016
By Hannah Brandt At the time I am writing this it has been three weeks since election night. It has been an overwhelming month. I know many people are still in shock from the results. In some ways, it [...] Continue Reading
The Hidden War Revisited part 2
By Richard Stone "The Hidden War" is the U.S.'s intensive campaign waged in Laos and Cambodia during the Viet Nam War era that was never sanctioned by Congress or acknowledged by the Johnson [...] Continue Reading
The Immigration Crisis in Central California
By Jonathan Luevanos In the wake of the controversial presidential election of Donald Trump, many cities across the nation have recently addressed the threat of an ensuing anti-immigrant reality. [...] Continue Reading
Wicked Gods
By George B. Kauffman Wicked Gods by Eilis Leyne, Humanist Press, Washington, DC, 2013, paperback $18.95, ISBN 978-0-931779-45-9 While recent authors like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and [...] Continue Reading
Thoughts on the 2016 Presidential Election
We have elected a person who is incompetent to perform the duties of the presidency. It is not a matter of partisan politics to observe that Hillary Clinton was probably the most qualified person [...] Continue Reading