By Ruth Gadebusch Think, think, think before you vote for Trump. No matter how much you dislike the other candidates, the behavior of Congress, how upset you are with current conditions or just in [...] Continue Reading
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NPR Host Leads Forum on Climate Change and Inequality
By Tom Frantz and Hannah Brandt On March 9, 2016, Maria Hinojosa, host of the cutting edge NPR show Latino USA, came from New York to Sacramento to moderate a panel on Inequality and Climate Change [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April 2016
By Hannah Brandt We are overwhelmed by your generosity during our fundraising drive this spring! Thanks to you we were able to print not only the March edition, but this April issue, as well. We now [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2016
Abbott’s Story By Richard Stone I want to thank the editors of the Alliance for including my piece “Abbott’s Story” in the March edition. However, it was missing two important pieces of context. 1) [...] Continue Reading
Folk
By Tiffany A. Potter I have been listening to a lot of folk music from the “60’s and ‘70’s, lately. I didn’t realize it at first but became more aware of it when I chose to watch my third PBS special [...] Continue Reading
Fresno PD | The Most Dangerous Police Force in America?
By Kayla Moon An activist by the name of John Lang appears to have recently been murdered – his death part of a much larger pattern. Fresno Police Department (FPD) is under investigation by many [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day 2016
By George B. Kauffman Earth Day, begun as an annual event on April 22, 1970, focused public attention on pollution and environmental concerns and made the hitherto esoteric term “ecology” a [...] Continue Reading
The Glass Menagerie
By Cherylyn Smith Anyone who attends the current Good Company Players performance of “The Glass Menagerie” is in for a rare experience. Not only will the audience be mesmerized by a character evoking [...] Continue Reading
Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno in May
By Kathy Ayala A creative celebration for women and led by women is coming to the historic Tower Theater in May. The Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno (WAMFF) will take place Friday, May 6, [...] Continue Reading
Creating Change Through Humanism
By George B. Kauffman Roy Speckhardt, Creating Change Through Humanism, Humanist Press: Washington, DC, 2015; $18.99; ISBN 978-0- 931779-65-7 (paperback) A 2015 Pew Research Center report reported [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Victory in Kern County
By Tom Frantz Sometimes, in the struggle for environmental justice, there are small victories. Residents of Kern County recently had a big one. About ten years ago, the fossil fuel industry was [...] Continue Reading
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Downtown Fresno Coalition Announces Community Outreach Campaign
By Doug Richert The Downtown Fresno Coalition (DFC) remains steadfast in its opposition to the City of Fresno’s plan to demolish the historic Fulton Mall and replace it with 20 feet of asphalt. The [...] Continue Reading