By Sudarshan Kapoor In commemoration of the 67th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s Proclamation of Human Rights Day, the Human Rights Coalition of the Central Valley is hosting a discussion of [...] Continue Reading
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Just Mercy
By Maria Telesco Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. Spiegel & Grau, 348 pages, $15. Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called him “America’s Nelson [...] Continue Reading
Disability Rights Groups Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide
Editor’s note: The following article is republished with permission from Not Dead Yet, a disability advocacy organization. The majority of disability groups, such as ADAPT and the Center for [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: 2015 November
DANGEROUS WILPF WOMEN IN ACTION By Joan Poss On Oct. 9, the first Wednesday of this month, Ingrid Carmean, Sue Kern and I were holding our silent vigil against all wars. At about 12:30 p.m., I noticed [...] Continue Reading
Perspectives on the Criminalization of Homelessness in Fresno
By Jonathan Luevanos On the other side of the railroad tracks, west of downtown Fresno, there is an area that is socially and culturally independent of all of the other communities in Fresno, [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Not Only Carmakers Cheating on Emissions, Local Industry Causes Suffering for Thousands
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) supposedly had no clue that a local factory, right under its nose in Fresno County, was polluting the air at many [...] Continue Reading
Shenandoah
By George B. Kauffman Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal by Sue Eisenfeld. University of Nebraska Press, $19.95 (paperback). Award-winning writer, hiker and history lover Sue Eisenfeld [...] Continue Reading
Fulton Mall Update: It Still Can Be Saved
By Ray McKnight On Feb. 27, 2014, the Fresno City Council voted 5 to 2 to proceed with the Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project, a plan to turn the pedestrian-only mall into a street. The city has [...] Continue Reading
AB 953: “We Are Not Targets” March on Sacramento
By Hannah Brandt At 6 a.m. on Sept. 2, a charter bus pulled up to the St. Rest Baptist Church in west Fresno to meet 40 bleary-eyed passengers headed to a rally in the state capital to promote AB [...] Continue Reading
Disability Rights 25 Years and Counting
By Shannon M. Mulhall Picture a person with a disability. Did you picture a person using a wheelchair? Were they playing basketball, a kid in an afterschool program or advising at high levels of [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor: October 2015
By Hannah Brandt Two months ago, I was sipping a Mexican mocha at Café Corazon when the editor of the newspaper I wrote for tapped me on the shoulder. “Hey, how’s it going? I just quit the paper.” I [...] Continue Reading