The historic elections of Nov. 3 are around the corner. Please vote. There is so much at stake, both at the national and local level. The “normal” doesn’t exist anymore. And I am not talking about [...] Continue Reading
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Empathy
By Lenny Delligatti I am white.I am male.I was raised as a Christian.I am heterosexual.I am a military veteran.I am a business owner.I live in Texas. I own two houses, rarely worry about money, [...] Continue Reading
La Importancia de Votar por Biden-Harris
Por Gabriel Lerner Faltando pocas horas para las elecciones presidenciales, parecería que nunca hubo una alternativa más clara que la de este ciclo. Tanta es la calamidad que el titular Donald [...] Continue Reading
Propaganda Y Manipulación
Por Francisco Duarte Para vencer en una guerra se necesitan armamentos, entre más poderosos más posibilidades de ganarla. Por alguna razón vivimos en una guerra constante entre grupos [...] Continue Reading
Trabajadores de Cuidado Infantil Enfrentan Serias Dificultades
Por Eduardo Stanley Desde el comienzo de la pandemia —en marzo 2020— unas 5.000 personas dedicadas al cuidado de niños en el estado perdieron sus empleos. A diferencia de otras áreas de la [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta: Tribute to Greatness
By Sudarshan Kapoor On Oct. 2, Fresno State celebrated the 90th birthday of Dolores Huerta (official birthday April 10 ) by planting a peace tree in her honor in the Peace Garden. Dr. Joseph I. [...] Continue Reading
Smoke!
By Tom Frantz We have suffered the effect of smoke on public health due to the wildfires this summer. It couldn’t be more obvious that serious health impairment comes as a result of breathing the [...] Continue Reading
In the Line of Fresno Fire
I. smiley G. Calderon With the recent wildfires blazing around and a pandemic raging within Fresno, you would think that the sanctity of life would be forefront in every Fresnan’s mind. But, [...] Continue Reading
Now What? Form a People’s Party!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji “May tomorrow be more than another name for today.”—Eduardo Galeano Chances are you will read this column a few days before or soon after the 2020 General Election. In [...] Continue Reading
Meet Marisol Baca, First Latina Poet Laureate of Fresno
By Tim Simmers When Marisol Baca studied poetry at Fresno State in the early 2000s, she heard few women of color or marginalized voices in Fresno’s fertile poetry scene. Even before she became [...] Continue Reading
In Honor of Maria Telesco
(Editor’s note: Richard Stone wrote this article about Maria Telesco for his Credo series in the Community Alliance and then included it in his book Hidden in Plain Sight. We are bringing this article [...] Continue Reading
Pure Evil? Questions of Good and Evil
By Ruth Gadebusch It seems unfair to classify an entire group as evil, but where, oh where, are the good Republicans? It has become increasingly difficult to find honor in the party. For a time, it [...] Continue Reading