By George B. Kauffman This is a big year for anniversaries. In science, especially chemistry and physics, the fields with which I’m most familiar, the centenary of discoveries is uniformly and [...] Continue Reading
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Making a Difference
By Ruth Gadebusch It was a sweltering Aug. 18, 1920, when young Harry Burn, answering his mother’s plea, cast the deciding vote in the Tennessee legislature that made the 19th Amendment granting [...] Continue Reading
The Chain Reaction of History
By Leonard Adame Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki supposedly ensured World War II’s end and the beginning of a new and secure era for American democracy. The moment the bombs’ chain [...] Continue Reading
Indigenous Communities and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
By Yenedit Valencia In the Central Valley, and throughout California, we have a large population of indigenous communities. Most often, these communities go unnoticed. As the Senate takes on [...] Continue Reading
The Way to Town
By Cecile Lusby In 1952, we moved to our grandfather’s ranch on South Fruit Avenue outside Fresno. Will Main and his wife had taken the train from Cheyenne, Wyo., where they saw fruit box labels [...] Continue Reading
Answer to Woody’s Question, 65 Years in the Making
By Tim Z. Hernandez When Woody Guthrie asked the question, “Who are these friends all scattered like dry leaves?” I wonder if he ever thought someone 65 years down the road would attempt to answer [...] Continue Reading
Measure G Results Reveal Pathway to Future Opportunities
By Michael D. Evans “Ours was a unique coalition—Republicans, Democrats, business and labor—all working for a better Fresno. We hope to keep that spirit alive.”—Randy Ghan The City of Fresno’s [...] Continue Reading
The Campaign against Legalized Loan Sharking
By Rev. Booker T. Lewis II, Rev. Chris Breedlove, Dr. Don Simmons and Andy Levine A casual drive through Fresno can quickly turn into a case study in poor city planning. If you’re driving through [...] Continue Reading
Terror Bytes: Edward Snowden and the Architecture of Oppression
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Edward Snowden revealed himself this week as the whistleblower responsible for perhaps the most significant release of secret government documents in U.S. history. [...] Continue Reading
A Fresno Family Will Get Their Day in Court Against Fresno Police After All
By Daniel Luna Contrary to the apparent wishes of Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil, the circumstances of the murder of Stephen Willis by Fresno police officers Greg Catton and Daniel [...] Continue Reading
Let’s Take Back Calwa Park: A Story of Corruption and Gross Mismanagement
By Sandra Celedon In May, the Trust for Public Land released its annual ParkScore index, which analyzes how well the 50 largest cities across the nation are meeting the need for parks. To no one’s [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – July 2013
After decades of mismanagement of the city budget by a series of Republican mayors, Ashley Swearengin planned to balance the budget by throwing our award-winning sanitation workers under the bus. The [...] Continue Reading