Dr. Jean Kennedy Despite how many people felt about President Barack Obama, he is back to serve us for another four years. What does this mean for minorities? Why did America vote Obama back in for [...] Continue Reading
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A Look at Jill Lepore’s New Yorker Article, “The Lie Factory”
By David E. Roy The True and Original Modern Masters of Deceit Harvard historian Jill Lepore’s article, “The Lie Factory: How Politics Became a Business,” was published in the Sept. 24 issue of the [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron: The Common Good versus Common Greed
By David E. Roy Probably the most religious statement I could make today (shortly after the election) is, “Thank God it’s over!” Agnostics and atheists are free to substitute “goodness” if they [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar – Dec. 2012
Compiled by Susan Orovitz 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
Next Generation
By Richard Stone (Author’s note: The following is an excerpt from the book Incarnation: Coming to Life in Mind and Body.) A person-to-person encounter takes place, and the gist of it is magically [...] Continue Reading
All We Want for Christmas…Are No More Drones!
By Bev Fitzpatrick Wouldn’t no more drones be a great gift? Unfortunately, that gift will have to be unwrapped in the future as our reelected President, the U.S. military and the CIA continue drone [...] Continue Reading
God I Believe Would Appreciate That
By Leonard Adame People will mail cards wishing one another a warm and bountiful Christmas. They will say “Merry Christmas” in dozens of ways on their minutely decorated cards. They will wrap their [...] Continue Reading
Newzapalooza: Celebrating and Supporting Independent Media
By Rick Flores Local musicians are devoting their talents in a fall fund-raiser fittingly called Newzapalooza for local alternative/progressive media: the Community Alliance newspaper and radio [...] Continue Reading
Where Have the “GMen” Gone?
By Stan Santos A conservative cabal of Fresno City Council members and city executives, including Mayor Ashley Swearengin and City Manager Mark Scott, are determined to privatize traditional city [...] Continue Reading
Why Obama?
By Deepak Bhargava (Editor’s note: Reprinted by permission from The Nation magazine [http://www.thenation.com]). Much—perhaps too much—has been said about the president and the shortcomings and [...] Continue Reading
Does Peace Have a Chance?: Reporting on a Panel Discussion about Kashmir
By Richard Stone In a world that often seems dominated by rancor, an opportunity to have even-tempered discussion on a controversial issue is itself a cause of hope. So what to think when such an [...] Continue Reading
Otto Lee: The Progressive Choice in the 22nd Congressional District
By Jesse Franz The current 22nd Congressional District was created by the Citizens Redistricting Commission based on the 2010 Census. The reworked district includes northern Fresno, all of Clovis [...] Continue Reading