By Michael S. Green As medical cannabis patients and social users turn their attention toward adult-use legalization in 2016, Fresno County continues to preach the gospel of pot prohibition. The [...] Continue Reading
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Clearing the Air: The Unborn Child Most Affected by Air Pollution
During 2014, there were 150 days in the San Joaquin Valley when monitors recorded air pollution levels that were either “unhealthy for sensitive groups” or worse. These are the Orange days on the air [...] Continue Reading
Cesar Chavez Celebration
By Willie Lopez On March 26, the 15th annual Cesar Chavez celebration will take place sponsored by El Concilio de Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD), along with the Cesar Chavez [...] Continue Reading
Living in a Violent World, Some Principles of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
By Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor We live in a tempestuous and troubled world torn apart by political divisions, religious intolerance, racial prejudice, violence and conflict almost in every sphere of our [...] Continue Reading
Upcountry from Delano
The offenses of Mammon are legion, but greatest is the offense against the vine— this is to wound the heart of Dionysos and Christ. Here, under the banners and the burned faces, I see the simple [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights?
By Leni Reeves The news is that representatives of the United States and Cuba met to discuss restoration of diplomatic relations. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson has emphasized [...] Continue Reading
Misremembering
By Will Durst Big bad brouhaha over at NBC with anchor Brian Williams misremembering being shot down in a helicopter on a trip to Iraq, when the facts seem to indicate that although he did fly in a [...] Continue Reading
Fiction from the Inside: The Writings of G.A. Lycett
By Boston Woodard Prisoner writers run the gamut. Whether it is poetry, fiction, nonfiction, screenplays or other writing genres, many of these men and women take their literary efforts seriously. I [...] Continue Reading
Philip Levine: As I Remember Him
By Alex Vavoulis Philip Levine came to Fresno in 1958 with his wife Francine to join the English faculty at Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno) and retired in 1992. During [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: March 2015
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK March 4, the first [...] Continue Reading
