By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji As progressives, we should lead and not resort to compromising our principles. The strength of our convictions rather than political expediency should drive our ballot [...] Continue Reading
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Emotional Beginnings
By Ernesto Saavedra In the late 1990s, psychologist Daniel Goleman proposed that how one views and understands their own emotions and others’ emotions, and how one deals with them, is a form of [...] Continue Reading
Perpetual Destruction of the Middle East
By Andre Vltchek I stood on metal beams—remains of a highway bridge that used to connect two shores of the Khazer River. I was told that the river was just a few miles from the city of Mosul. I could [...] Continue Reading
Environmental Justice Bus Tour
By Ernesto Saavedra On May 12, the Fresno Environmental Reporting Network (FERN) hosted an Environmental Justice Bus Tour. This was for various nonprofit and government agencies to gain and share [...] Continue Reading
San Joaquin River Parkway Affected by Drought
By Hannah Brandt On a sunny spring day in March, the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust played host to this journalist and a few dozen sixth graders from Madera Unified. The schools are [...] Continue Reading
Why You Should Join the Central Valley Progressive PAC
*** The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC *** By Mike Rhodes CVPPAC (Central Valley Progressive PAC) president Pam Whalen asked everyone at the organization’s [...] Continue Reading
PROGRESSIVE VOICE: 2016 Presidential Candidate Assessment Grid
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji As progressives, we should lead and not resort to compromising our principles. The strength of our convictions rather than political expediency should drive our ballot [...] Continue Reading
The Valley Fights the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Stan Santos The authors of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are asking Valley communities to take another leap of blind faith in support of multinational corporations. The TPP would create a [...] Continue Reading
Take Action on Climate Change
By Connie Young When is the last time that you allowed yourself to use the terms climate change and hope in the same sentence in your thoughts, let alone say them aloud? Most people are more likely [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: June 2015
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK June 3 [...] Continue Reading
Visit Cuba with Pastors for Peace
By Leni Reeves It’s a good year for those who have wanted to go on a Pastors for Peace Caravan. There will still be optional U.S. bus routes—in Fresno on July 7, so please come see us off—but there [...] Continue Reading
Historic Ruling in ACLU Lawsuit: Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Violated State Law
A Fresno County Superior Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought against the Clovis Unified School District was justified because the district’s sex education curriculum was out of compliance [...] Continue Reading