By Dan Bacher “Medicine Lake is a sacred place and it needs to be protected at all costs,” said Pit River Tribal Chairman Mickey Gemmill. “We’re trying to preserve our culture and Medicine Lake is [...] Continue Reading
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Commemorating the Armenian Genocide: The Importance of Memory and Transformation
By Matthew Ari Jendian “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”—Spanish philosopher George Santayana (1905) In 2015, among many other things, we commemorate the 67th [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Reform Fresno Unified By Mark Arax I don’t mean to pick on Ruth Gadebusch. She seems like a perfectly dear lady. Her regular column on education in these pages is a place of quaint ideas. However, [...] Continue Reading
Flipping the Frame, Combating Stereotypes
By Mary McGinnie (Editor’s note: On March 18, Californians for Justice held an event titled FlipTheFrame in Fresno. The premise of the event was to challenge negative stereotypes some may have toward [...] Continue Reading
Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California
By Jonathan Luevanos Felix ICE Out of California Police violence, incarceration and the criminalization of homelessness and of immigrant individuals have become problems in California. One problem, [...] Continue Reading
Neighborhood Activist Turns Author
By Richard Stone Cecilia (CeCe) Vega and I are long-time neighbors, residents of the Lowell District north of Divisadero and south of Belmont, between Highways 180 and 41. I call it “a [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day 2015
By George B. Kauffman In 1969, anti–Vietnam War demonstrations convinced Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D–Wisc.) and Rep. Pete McCloskey (R–Calif.) to organize a huge grassroots protest over what was happening [...] Continue Reading
EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES
Thursday & Friday, April 9–10 During Safari Days: The Annual Green Summit. Informative speakers on environmental topics. Healthy living alternatives, new developments in construction, emerging new [...] Continue Reading
Can Our Divided Nation Come Together?
By Ruth Gadebusch A recent issue of our ever thinner daily devoted an almost whole opinion page to the conditions of our society as regards the seemingly “never the twain shall meet.” Coming as it [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: The Most Social Introvert
By Tiffany A. Potter My mother swears I have never met a stranger. Every time I leave my house, I meet new people, embrace new experiences and most always seem to have a smile on my face, but that [...] Continue Reading
Desde Las Profundidades de California/From the Depths of California
Desde las profundidades de California, estoy sentado entre diversas gentes, quienes bailan, rien, y a traves del tiempo recorren los espacios de las calles Grand y Broadway en Oakland. Desde las [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – April 2015
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, April 9, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK April 1, [...] Continue Reading