By Valeria Pedroza There are two things I will always remember about the summer of 2013: First is the heat two degrees shy of hell, and second is the experiences I had as a canvasser. In February, [...] Continue Reading
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An Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere
By Dr. Jean Kennedy Is the system working 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech? Well, let’s see. Today, taxpayers pay more than $70 billion per year to warehouse more [...] Continue Reading
¡¡Reforma Migratoria Ahora!!
Por Leoncio Vásquez Santos Fresno, California—El 22 de Septiembre fue la última marcha convocado por la Coalición Primero de Mayo por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes para seguir con el dedo en el [...] Continue Reading
¿Fue machismo que ayudó a Andy Vidak?
By Valeria Pedroza Hay dos cosas que siempre voy a recordar sobre el verano de 2013 , primero es el calor a dos grados tímido del infierno, y el segundo es la experiencia que tuve con la gente de [...] Continue Reading
The City of Fresno Declares War on the Poor
By Jessie Speer Imagine a young woman. Close your eyes and see her in front of you—her hopeful gaze, her restless hands. Now imagine one morning she can’t get out of bed. The doctor says it’s brain [...] Continue Reading
Movements Without Leaders: What to Make of Change on an Overheating Planet
By Bill McKibben Reprinted from www.Tomdispatch.com. The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality—it’s hard to shake. If you were young during the fight against Nazism, war seems a [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – September 2013
The culture of death and destruction at City Hall is threatening this community’s most vulnerable residents with a policy that they hope will be the “final solution” to homelessness in Fresno. I was [...] Continue Reading
OUR Walmart: United for Respect at Walmart
By Georgette Carrillo Big box stores, once hailed for their one-stop shopping convenience, vast parking lots, 24-hour shopping convenience and retail taxes for local coffers, appear to be losing [...] Continue Reading
Summer of Lesbians on TV
By Kaylia Metcalfe As we head into September and the inevitable start of the fall television season, let’s take a look at LGBT characters on TV: currently a little lesbian heavy, but moving in the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2013
Should We Destroy the Fulton Mall to Save Downtown Fresno? Your recent editorial on the Fulton Mall raises several important questions regarding the city’s planned course of action for the mall. The [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice: Charting a Progressive Course
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji This column is a compilation of views of several individuals with a long record of accomplishment as progressive activists in the Central Valley. Five questions framed the [...] Continue Reading
The Elected: Meet the City Council
By Richard Stone This is the first of a series in which I will be asking for interviews with each sitting member of the Fresno City Council. We began this month with Blong Xiong, who unhesitatingly [...] Continue Reading