“Our offshore concentration camps, for now, are in El Salvador and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But don’t expect them to remain there. Once they are normalized, not only for U.S. deported immigrants and [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno Homeless Ordinance Conflicts with State Model
On May 12, Governor Gavin Newsom released a state model ordinance for “cities and counties to immediately address [homeless] encampments with urgency and dignity.” The Governor’s Office said that the [...] Continue Reading
Primero los Inmigrantes el 1 de Mayo
El Primero de Mayo de este año en el Valle Central fue un día de acción centrado en las políticas de deportación masiva de la administración Trump y en defensa de los trabajadores inmigrantes y sus [...] Continue Reading
The Catastrophe Continues
May 15 marked the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the “catastrophe” in 1948 when more than 750,000 Palestinians (80% of the population) were forcibly dispossessed from their lands and homes in what is [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants First on May 1
This year’s May Day in the Central Valley was a day of action focusing on the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies and in defense of immigrant workers and their families. Across the [...] Continue Reading
It Has Happened Here: Hit the Streets!
In the 1935 dystopian novel about fascism titled It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Lewis states that “when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” It seems [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Democrats, Stand Up!
“I’m trying to figure out what leverage we actually have,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D–N.Y.) said at a press briefing in February. “What leverage do we have? Republicans have repeatedly [...] Continue Reading
Too Young to Die in a Nuclear War
The world’s richest man, President Donald Trump’s hatchet man Elon Musk, and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unbridled access to the government’s data and computer [...] Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with Fresno’s Leaders?
Is there any humanity left in Fresno’s leaders? It’s a fair question when the mayor and the City Council refuse to open warming centers even when temperatures drop to 35 degrees. Although the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Speaks Out
“I’m here because it’s Dr. King’s birthday, and I feel that his birthday is everyday,” said Rev. Dr. Floyd Harris Jr., pastor of the Free AME Ministries in Fresno, during a demonstration at Blackstone [...] Continue Reading