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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
The Irish Soldiers of Mexico
By Michael Hogan One of the least-known stories of the Irish who came to America in the 1840s is that of the Irish battalion that fought on the Mexican side in the U.S.-Mexico War of 1846–1848. [...] Continue Reading
Friendcore: A Vibrant Music Scene in Fresno
By Simone Whalen-Rhodes Having lived in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area I am well aware, as many are, of the bad rap that Fresno gets. On top of the many social and economic problems that our city [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Say No to Trash Privatization
By Michael D. Evans At the time of our press deadline, opponents of Mayor Ashley Swearengin’s plan to privatize the City of Fresno’s residential sanitation service had just delivered about 40,000 [...] Continue Reading
It’s the Only Job I Know How to Do
By David Bacon Lorena Hernandez is a young farmworker and single mother from Oaxaca. Today, she lives in Madera with her daughter and aunt. She told me her story. To go pick blueberries, I have to [...] Continue Reading