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A Case for Yes on Prop 15
By Daren A. Miller The times have really changed since 1978. Well, for most of us they have. I was a 12-year-old, exiting elementary school, headed for middle school. My previous summers had been [...] Continue Reading
Have They No Shame Whatsoever?
By Ruth Gadebusch The body of Ruth Bader Gingsburg was still warm when the Republicans began to gloat over their opportunity to make another appointment to the Supreme Court. While hesitating to [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter Endorses Candidates
By Gary Lasky The Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter is organizing its member volunteers to support two San Joaquin Valley Congressional candidates in 2020: TJ Cox and Brynne Kennedy. Cox is a freshman [...] Continue Reading
How We Can End Homelessness
By Mike Rhodes With homelessness increasing in Fresno for the past several years, it is obvious that whatever we are doing, it is not ending homelessness. There are many organizations (West Care, [...] Continue Reading
Does the City of Fresno Have the Political Will to End Homelessness?
By Gerry Bill (Editor’s note. Gerry Bill is responding to Mike Rhodes’ article about ending homelessness, which can be found HERE). What we are doing is not working. Unfortunately, the [...] Continue Reading
Houston, We Have a Problem!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji The equation is getting more complex every day. In a normal Presidential election year, the duopoly is focused on presenting their candidates to suit the preferences of the [...] Continue Reading
14 Million U.S. Children Will Go Hungry This Week
By Sunita Sohrabji The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically heightened ongoing food insecurity: 14 million U.S. children will go hungry in any given week, and parents are increasingly skipping meals [...] Continue Reading
Giant Sequoia Groves, Wilderness Areas, Communities Burning
By Vic Bedoian Like other California wildfires this year, the SQF Complex was sparked by lightning and is actively ablaze inside two groves of giant sequoias and through the mixed conifer forest [...] Continue Reading
Who Dies and Who Cares
By Leni Villagomez Reeves When Covid-19 began to cause illness and death in the United States, initially people in general perceived themselves as being at risk. They behaved in ways that [...] Continue Reading
Protest for Breonna Taylor in Fresno
By Peter Maiden Alluvial Avenue in front of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno was the site of protests every Friday in June in honor of George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by [...] Continue Reading
Castro First Hispanic to Lead CSU System
By Vic Bedoian Dr. Joseph Castro, San Joaquin Valley born and bred, son of immigrant parents, was the first Hispanic to become president of Fresno State. Now, in another historic milestone, he has [...] Continue Reading