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Why Isn’t Merced’s Code Enforcement Enforcing Code?
By Sister Kate (Christine Meeusen) Manco Abbott, the Company that owns the historic Tioga Apartment Building in Merced, was reeling from a theft by its own building manager. According to the news [...] Continue Reading
Local Activists Travel to Cuba
By Richard Stone The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) Pastors for Peace is again preparing for its annual breech of the U.S. embargo on trade and travel to Cuba. [...] Continue Reading
Fund-Raiser for Haiti Scheduled July 26
By Cecilia Russ One Source–Haiti is a nonprofit organized by Cecilia Russ, a former longtime resident of Fresno. She has been to Haiti twice and is in contact with teachers and families from the [...] Continue Reading
More Meaning Than Most of Us Can Imagine
By Leonard Adame Sebastian De La Cruz has huevos this big! He’s the boy who sang the National Anthem at a San Antonio Spurs playoff game. To be sure, the little singer has a resonant and confident [...] Continue Reading
Elusive Equality
By Ruth Gadebusch Those women gathered in Seneca Falls, N.Y., on that hot July day in 1848 knew that the vote was simply a symbol of equality. They expected it to open the door for eliminating [...] Continue Reading
Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
By Leticia Perez Californians have not seen a minimum wage increase since 2008. Although the Golden State is one of the most expensive places to live, it has a lower minimum wage than nearby states [...] Continue Reading
Breaking Bread with the Enemy: Meeting the Viet Cong, 40 Years Later
By Gerry Bill It wasn’t exactly tea with Mussolini, but perhaps it was something like that. During a recent trip to Vietnam, my first, I was fortunate to be with a small group that got invited to [...] Continue Reading
Measure G Outcome Depends on You
By Michael D. Evans You’re probably sick of hearing about Measure G, the City of Fresno referendum on privatizing residential solid waste disposal service. But as with a presidential campaign, it [...] Continue Reading
How Do We Build on the Marches for Immigration Reform?
By Leoncio Vásquez Santos For seven consecutive years, the May Day Coalition for Immigrants’ Rights has successfully organized the May Day March to continue forcing the issue of immigration reform [...] Continue Reading
Changes in Cuba and the Caravan: Same Old Blockade
By Leni Villagomez Reeves The 24th Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba will leave the United States on July 16, bound for Cuba. This is an ongoing struggle against the illegal, immoral U.S. blockade [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Light Brigade: People’s Bandwidth
By Michael Bridges and Beverly Fitzpatrick What is a light brigade, you might ask. It is a lighted human billboard, a group of volunteers getting out messages on important issues. Issues nationally [...] Continue Reading