By Eduardo Stanley The social crisis created by the eruption of the coronavirus pandemic has hurt the economy since March, when local and state governments implemented a “stay in place” policy to [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno—A Hotbed of Radicalism?
By Mike Rhodes May 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of a social and political upheaval that changed how some people saw this sleepy little town. Shaw Avenue south of Fresno State was shut down by [...] Continue Reading
Exotic Cat Zoo Facing Trouble in Coronavirus Shutdown
By Peter MaidenPhotos by Peter Maiden Less than 40 miles from Fresno on the way to Sequoia National Park, at an elevation of 3,000 feet, there is a turnoff from Highway 180 to a place called Cat [...] Continue Reading
An Empowering Friendship
By Pat Wolk (Editor’s note: Eleanore “Ellie” Bluestein passed on April 7 in Fresno. She was 91 years old. Ellie was born in New York, where she met her husband, Gene. They moved to Minnesota for [...] Continue Reading
Aleha ha-shalom Ellie Bluestein, May You Rest in Peace!
By Jemmy Bluestein The calls, cards and messages have told so many amazing stories of devoted comrades, compadres, friends through the years, and each of their encounters with my mother, Ellie [...] Continue Reading
Cuba and the United States in a Time of Pandemic
By Leni Villagomez Reeves Cuba has had to confront the pandemic at home. People must manage a contagious illness in a setting where physical contact and social closeness are culturally [...] Continue Reading
The pandemic, Trump’s bizarre behavior and the Community Alliance
The pandemic affecting our society is serious and already has taken the lives of more than 100,000 people worldwide. It draws attention to how some governments reacted to the pandemic by protecting [...] Continue Reading
Has the Air District Changed Its Stripes?
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, behind the façade of a public health agency, has forever been in the back pocket of local polluting industries such as [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: On Tyranny
By Dr. Alex Vavoulis In his prologue for On Tyranny:Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, author Timothy D. Snyder says that “Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy [...] Continue Reading
The Art of José Elías
By José Elías My name is José Jesús Elías and I was born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Painting has always interested me even though I never had an opportunity to study art in my [...] Continue Reading
¿Qué es la actual pandemia y cómo podemos protegernos?
Por Eduardo Stanley Estamos padeciendo una pandemia peligrosa, mortal. Se trata del Covid-19, enfermedad que se transmite gracias a un virus llamado Coronavirus. Se le dio ese nombre simplemente [...] Continue Reading
Covid-19 en el Valle Central: No Nos Olvidemos de los Inmigrantes Trabajadores del Campo
Por Myrna Martínez Nateras y la Dra. Robin María DeLugan De pronto la crisis del Coronavirus (o Covid-19) interrumpió nuestras vidas y nos enfrentó a la necesidad de reinventar la forma de hacer [...] Continue Reading