By Benny My grandmother grew up in the age in Mexico following the Mexican revolution. Her mother, my great grandmother, grew up in the days when families in the pueblos would dig holes in the [...] Continue Reading
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Cuban Constitution and Egalitarian Marriage
By Leni Villagomez Reeves The process of creating a new constitution was completed with the approval of the Cuban people in a referendum process that took place on Feb. 24, 2019. It was a [...] Continue Reading
Cuban Constitution and Egalitarian Marriage
By Leni Villagomez Reeves The process of creating a new constitution was completed with the approval of the Cuban people in a referendum process that took place on Feb. 24, 2019. It was a [...] Continue Reading
Cannabis Town Hall
By Cesar Casamayor and Gidai Maaza The People’s Dispensary Fresno is hosting a cannabis town hall on May 6 at the First Congregational Church (aka Big Red Church, 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. As the city [...] Continue Reading
Cannabis Town Hall
By Cesar Casamayor and Gidai Maaza The People’s Dispensary Fresno is hosting a cannabis town hall on May 6 at the First Congregational Church (aka Big Red Church, 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. As the city [...] Continue Reading
Enough Already!
By Ruth Gadebusch Ladies, you’ve made your point. It is time to lighten up. This is a different era with different attitudes. Time to change with it. Not every man who stands near you, looks at you [...] Continue Reading
Enough Already!
By Ruth Gadebusch Ladies, you’ve made your point. It is time to lighten up. This is a different era with different attitudes. Time to change with it. Not every man who stands near you, looks at you [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day
Peter Maiden More than a thousand attended over the course of Earth Day in Fresno’s Radio Park on April 20. There were booths of organizations, exhibits and food. This year there was no March for [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day
Peter Maiden More than a thousand attended over the course of Earth Day in Fresno’s Radio Park on April 20. There were booths of organizations, exhibits and food. This year there was no March for [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented and Uninsured in Fresno
By Gerardo Sauceda Espinoza “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty,” noted author James Baldwin in 1960, “knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” That succinct sentiment could have [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented and Uninsured in Fresno
By Gerardo Sauceda Espinoza “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty,” noted author James Baldwin in 1960, “knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” That succinct sentiment could have [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Recycling Crisis
By Mike Rhodes A couple of years ago recycling was pretty simple. Just about everyone knew to put their recyclables in the blue bin, put it on the curb every week and that was the end of it. What [...] Continue Reading