By Gene Roza Constituents and friends held a Day of Action on Feb. 20 in Clovis in front of Rep. Devin Nunes’ office for a verified appointment with his district director, Rudy Mendoza, to address [...] Continue Reading
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So Tell Me Something New: What about Systems Thinking?
By Jean Kennedy As I reflected on our African-American month of celebrations, it was a little different this year. Along with spending it in the South, my radio shows helped to promote the viewing of [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – March 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING March 14, Thursday, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK March 6, first Wednesday of each month at noon [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – March 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
Why They Still Suffer
By Leonard Adame I didn’t like the statues, which to me were real people frozen forever. I wanted to know why they were in pain and crumpled, always looking down at me, the blame in their eyes making [...] Continue Reading
UFW to Sponsor Immigration March
By Community Alliance Staff Utilizing a recent change in state law, the United Farm Workers (UFW) is working to negotiate contracts with two local farmers, Gerawan Farming out of Fresno County and DP [...] Continue Reading
It Ain’t Me, Babe!
By Maria Telesco Cardinal Roger Mahony recently joined historic figures French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus, American Army Lieutenant William Calley, Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno, attorney Lynne [...] Continue Reading
The Good Fight
By Donald Ray Young Prop 34, the Savings Accountability and Full Enforcement Act, failed by a narrow 52%–48% split. Just enough to expose the execution chamber. But not enough for us to forget the [...] Continue Reading
Destruction of Fulton Mall: The Wrong Solution
By Ruth Gadebusch It was long ago that downtown Fresno enjoyed its heyday, but it isn’t because the Fulton Mall precludes cars parked at storefronts. In simple terms, there are no stores to attract [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice! – March 2013
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji Getting In the Way I am writing this column on Valentine’s Day 2013. The Fresno County Clerk has just confirmed that more than the requisite number of signatures has been [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – March 2013
By John Crockford Maps Apple endured some recent bad press over its mapping software problems, so I thought we would go over some map stuff this month. OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org/) is a [...] Continue Reading