By Eduardo Stanley Wildfires are becoming more common and more dangerous in California, destroying communities and polluting the air we breath. While there weren’t any big fires in the Central [...] Continue Reading
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Central Valley Investment Booms but Leaves Workers Behind
By Mark Hedin California boasts the world’s fifth-largest economy, with Central Valley’s agricultural exports a key driver. In the state’s continuous economic growth, only the Bay Area has been [...] Continue Reading
Syrian Recipes from Home: A Gift for Food lovers
By Eduardo Stanley This past summer, in Fresno, we assisted at the presentation of an original book of recipes, Syrian Recipes From Home, by Syrian refugee Nour Al Mshantaf, produced by the Pan [...] Continue Reading
CDP Focuses Attention on the Central Valley
By Michael D. Evans The recently elected California Democratic Party (CDP) chair, Rusty Hicks, has committed to focusing on traditionally underserved areas of the state including the Central [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Residents Protest Police Killing, Call for Federal Investigation
By Vic BedoianPhotos by Peter Maiden The Fresno police force is embroiled in another shooting controversy. This time it’s over the killing two years ago of an unarmed teenage suspect shot in the [...] Continue Reading
Palast Exposes Voter Suppression
By Michael D. Evans Greg Palast, a reporter with U.K. newspaper The Guardian and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election, headlined the Fresno Free College [...] Continue Reading
Deportados ayudando a deportados en México
Por Eduardo Stanley Los inmigrantes indocumentados viven en estado de angustia en EE.UU. debido a la fuerte retórica anti-inmigrante del presidente Donald Trump. Si bien durante el primer trimestre [...] Continue Reading
Un Hijo del Chapo Liberado en Culiacán, México
Por Francisco Duarte Hace unas semanas un dirigente de la DEA —agencia antinarcóticos de los Estados Unidos— visitó Culiacán, Sinaloa. En opinión del analista de geopolítica Alfredo Jaliffe, esta [...] Continue Reading
Esquina Cultural
En Fresno la universidad se viste con manteles largos para darle la bienvenida la poesía y música latinoamericana. Como ya es tradición el Club Austral: Arte y Cultura hispanoamericana, estarán [...] Continue Reading
Editorial Noviembre 2019
Por Lourdes Medina Se acercan los meses de celebraciones y un nuevo año. Al dejar un siglo más en la historia, me pongo a reflexionar sobre el impacto que hemos dejado los inmigrantes [...] Continue Reading
Wild Blue Yonder Farewell
By Evo Bluestein In 1974, a fusion rock band called Wild Blue Yonder pooled their meager resources and put in a lot of elbow grease to open a music club of the same name. It was a focal point for [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: A Feast of Science
By George B. Kauffman A Feast of Science: Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life by Dr. Joe Schwarcz. ECW Press, 665 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, Canada M4M IY2, 2018, Paperback, [...] Continue Reading