WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday February 13, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK February 5, first Wednesday [...] Continue Reading
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Obamacare: Good for the Transgender Community
By Kaylia Metcalfe Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has supporters and enemies on both sides of the aisle. But one thing is for sure—the policies are more trans-inclusive—and we should [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron: Facing the Many Facets of Our Troubled World— Are There Common, Underlying Causes? – Feb. 2014
By David E. Roy Like many, I have been aware for years of the large number of issues that make up the range of causes that concern deeply most progressives and, at least in some cases, a much [...] Continue Reading
Where Is “Downtown”?
By Ruth Gadebusch Our Fulton Mall was the first in the country and was so exciting, but instead of appreciating it we forgot all about zoning and began developing large shopping centers well [...] Continue Reading
Shafter Fracking Tour
By Alan Cheah On Jan. 11, Fresnans Against Fracking, led by local activist Gary Lasky, participated in a caravan to Shafter for a tour of its fracking fields. Many of us know about the ills of [...] Continue Reading
No Longer Invisible
By Leonard Adame All of my life, I’ve seen them. Yet they were invisible. I didn’t see the homes they left, the mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters and other family members they left behind, [...] Continue Reading
Building a Progressive Electoral Strategy: Getting to Know the Candidates
By Dillon Savory and Chip Ashley Two unprecedented events that can change the political landscape of Fresno will take place in January and February, and you are invited to take part. A changing of [...] Continue Reading
Shifting Gears: Viable Cycling for the Underserved of Fresno
According to the last U.S. Census, 85% of Fresno’s population consists of minorities, women, youth, the elderly and low-income people.1 But the 1% of the population that cycles regularly comes from [...] Continue Reading
Occupy Fresno: “Viva Liberté, Viva America!”
By Chip Ashley Mike Rhodes was walking by Courthouse Park on Dec. 12 and noticed Occupy Fresno was no longer there. On closer inspection he saw a notice taped to one of the columns of the “gazebo,” [...] Continue Reading
Statewide Coalition Vows to Stop Bay Delta Plan
By Vic Bedoian The release of the long-anticipated Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) was greeted with rallies in Los Angeles, Santa Clara County and Sacramento by a coalition of groups opposing its [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – Jan. 2014
By Chip Ashley Every problem I can think of in Fresno, Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley has to do with the fact that the whole massive edifice rests, or maybe floats, on a foundation of oil, [...] Continue Reading