Por Leoncio Vásquez Santos En los 15 años que he estado involucrado en asuntos comunitarios, deja mucho que desear de nuestra sociedad al quedarse conforme y aceptar las situaciones que vivimos y [...] Continue Reading
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Censurando la voz de la minoría
Por Cesar Campos El mes pasado la Ciudad de Fresno, decidió censurar un anuncio sobre la distribución de parques, en los autobuses ambulantes. En un caso clásico de censura, este anuncio fue [...] Continue Reading
Los días de terror en Chile tras del golpe de estado de Septiembre 11, 1973
Por Lizbeth De La Cruz El tema crimen de estado no deja de ser una conversación en nuestras comunida- des. Basta sólo con sintonizar su noticiero local o leer su periódico de preferencia para [...] Continue Reading
2016 Presidential Candidate Assessment Grid (UPDATED)
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
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