By Hannah Brandt February is an unusual month, in many ways. It is Black History Month, a time to reflect on and celebrate achievements in African American history. Just as Martin Luther King Jr’s [...] Continue Reading
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Letters to the Editor: February 2016
TOWER CLEAN-UP By Victor Kral The Tower District is a very pedestrian-oriented part of Fresno, having a lot of businesses that caters to folks wanting to eat out, enjoy adult beverages, shop and do [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Undermining Public Health with Pollution Credits
By Tom Frantz According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) there are hundreds of industries in the valley polluting our filthy air with what are considered [...] Continue Reading
Paper Shredder v. Oprah
By Tiffany A. Potter As I sat down to write this month’s column I had the rough draft sitting in front of me and it was good (I think), it was poignant (I think), it was current and topical; and then [...] Continue Reading
How A Lion Named Cecil Changed The World
By Gary Carter What happened with Cecil the Lion was horrible, but something else happened too. With his poaching, suddenly everyone was painfully aware of the horrors of trophy hunting. In response, [...] Continue Reading
Hillary Clinton & Remembering MLK Jr’s Legacy
By Patricia Brown I’m Pat Brown, a volunteer for Hillary for America Fresno and it’s a privilege to be here today because I believe Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, President Obama is the dream [...] Continue Reading
WE WILL BE HEROES
By Christine Saviez We can save them all. I will save them all. I can’t cure cancer. I can’t make a vaccine to stop the spread of HIV. I can’t solve world hunger. But I can save the animals. I can [...] Continue Reading
The Top 11 Reasons Why You Can’t Trust Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy
By Grant Marcus The eleventh reason not to trust Hillary Clinton on foreign policy is how she gave birth to politics, as Arkansas’s regional student coordinator for the Barry Goldwater campaign. For [...] Continue Reading
WANT A MORE PROGRESSIVE FRESNO? …then join the Central Valley Progressive PAC
*** The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC *** By Mike Rhodes The CVPPAC is a local grassroots nonpartisan political group that works to get progressives [...] Continue Reading
Poets Are Passing From Our Lives
By Jemmy Bluestein I have a present to give the English-speaking world. It’s a virtually unknown poem of the late, great Fresno poet and former U.S. poet laureate Philip Levine. Though there have [...] Continue Reading
WE ARE ONE – OR SHOULD BE!
By Ruth Gadebusch With the publication of the zoning map of the City of Fresno with all those little empty spaces I was once again reminded of the many county islands within the city limits. Why do [...] Continue Reading
Discussion at Reedley Peace Center about Israel Palestine
By Hannah Brandt A Fresno State student recently back from Palestine spoke at the Reedley Peace Center on Jan. 15, 2016. She was born and grew up partially in the U.S., living first in New York City [...] Continue Reading