By Mike Rhodes If progressives want to get good people elected to the Fresno City Council and the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, it is going to cost money. How much? The charts on this page give [...] Continue Reading
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The Logic of the Absence of Cars
By Leonard Adame [...] Continue Reading
Health Problems That May Be Caused by…
By Laura Rosenberger Large amounts of the following crops and foods are genetically modified (GM): soy, corn, corn syrup, canola oil, cottonseed oil, sugar beets (and sugar from beets), [...] Continue Reading
Resistance, Solidarity and Hope
By Leni Reeves For more than 50 years, the United States has maintained a trade, economic and financial blockade against Cuba. We don’t trade with Cuba. We attempt to cut off their access to credit [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – July 2014
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, July 10, 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 July 2 (first [...] Continue Reading
Brazil’s Preparation for the Global Stage
By Anthony Bencomo As the World Cup approaches and soccer fans grow with anticipation, Brazil’s poorest citizens are faced with the realities of a militarized neighborhood. Similar to what happened [...] Continue Reading
Income Inequality
By George B. Kauffman Income inequality, both globally in general and in the United States in particular, has been receiving increasingly accelerating attention recently as the disadvantaged 1% [...] Continue Reading
Charlie’s Story Part II
By Grid Margraf Charlie picked up the 10 of spades. I bounced a rolled smoke off his chest, rolled one for myself and lit them both. I got comfortable again sitting at the end of the bed leaning [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: San Quentin Prison Report: Communication via Incarceration – July 2014
By Boston Woodard “True public safety will be achieved by freeing minds, not restricting bodies.” —Troy Williams Prison walls work both ways; they not only keep prisoners from society but also [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rainbow Pride Quickly Approaches
By Dante Bellota Rainbow Pride means many things to me as a gay man. When I was a youth coming to grips with my sexuality, I knew nothing of the context of Pride. Pride was not talked about as I was [...] Continue Reading