We are gathered near Edwards Theatre in Fresno’s River Park. Where there is no river and no park, but plenty of things to buy. Everyone is in their Sunday best, looking in our direction. It is as if [...] Continue Reading
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Confused & Confusing Conservation
By Ruth Gadebusch Conservation has long been something that we all presumably believe in but recent conditions have really brought it to the forefront. It seems to me that conservation began in [...] Continue Reading
Malcolm X and the Legacy of House Slaves
By Jonathan Luevanos Malcolm X was an African-American intellectual who gave the African-American people in the 1960s a formula for understanding their situations within legal-political institutions [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: Protect Those Dreams
By Tiffany A. Potter This is what I have learned the hard way, dreams are scary to people who have never been taught how to, or given permission to, think big. Whether they were never afforded the [...] Continue Reading
Donald’s “Trumped Up” Accusations
By the Community Alliance (Editor’s note: During a speech at the launching of his bid for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump made derogatory statements toward the Mexican migrant community. “When [...] Continue Reading
Open the Doors to the Debate
By Richard Gomez The Commission on Presidential Debates is a private firm began in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties leaders to establish the way that presidential election debates are [...] Continue Reading
BERNIE SANDERS | The Only Progressive Candidate for President
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji Bernie Sanders, the son of a Polish immigrant, was born in Brooklyn, educated in Chicago and settled in Vermont. As a student, he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and [...] Continue Reading
Why Progressives Will Vote for Hillary and Why They Don’t Know it Yet.
By Patricia Brown If I told you that one woman and 18 men were running for President of the United States, would you vote for her? If I told you that the most qualified candidate for president of the [...] Continue Reading
Open Letter to the Air Resources Board
By Cherylyn Smith (Editor’s note: This letter was sent June 24, 2015, to the Air Resources Board.) (Author’s note: The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has held two workshops since June 19, which [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Vigil Commemorated Deaths of 47 Victims of Oil Train in Canada Two Years Ago
By Ronald J. Martin About 40 Fresnans gathered, many wearing black, to memorialize the 47 people who died in a fiery explosion of a runaway train of tank cars that an oil company sent down the track [...] Continue Reading
The Importance of Building a Labor/Community Alliance
By Mike Rhodes If progressives want to win political power in Fresno and beyond, we must build a coalition that includes both organized labor and grassroots community groups. A big leap forward in [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: August 2015
WILPF HALF-DAY RETREAT AND POTLUCK August 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mary Murphy’s office, 1175 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno. See details below. WILPF BUSINESS MEETING August 13, second Thursday of each [...] Continue Reading