Once Upon a Time Ruth Gadebusch’s November column regarding the tearing down of the Fulton Mall so that cars can be driven on it once again was right on the mark. She hit every important point [...] Continue Reading
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Eco Village Project and Dakota EcoGardenJoin Forces to House Fresno’s Homeless
By Dixie Salazar, Gerry Bill and Nancy Waidtlow The Eco Village project began as the brainchild of celebrated local architect Arthur Dyson. Dyson’s original idea was to create green, sustainable [...] Continue Reading
National Recognition for Local Activist: Nancy Hatcher Wins Prestigious Social Work Award
By Richard Stone Nancy Hatcher is known to many of us for her seemingly innumerable involvements in peace and social justice activities. Sometimes it’s prison work, like gathering and assembling [...] Continue Reading
POPS (The Club): Pain of the Prison System – The Prison Press – December 2013
By Boston Woodard Of those in for nonviolent crimes, America has the largest prison population in the world, with 2.5 million men and women in prison and more than seven million on some sort of [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Metro Ministry: Supporting Social and Economic Justice
By Chanel Ruiz-Mendez and Sarah Sharpe On Dec. 5, Fresno Metro Ministry will celebrate 43 years of advocacy to create a more “respectful, compassionate and inclusive community” at its Anniversary [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Commemoration in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta [...] Continue Reading
Oliver Baines Talks to the Community Alliance
By Richard Stone Oliver Baines is the Fresno City Council Member for District 3, which encompasses some of the Tower District, downtown and West Fresno. Meeting him in his City Hall office, I was [...] Continue Reading
To Vote or Not to Vote?*
By Michael D. Evans Most of us belong to one or more listservs. And it is not uncommon to get somewhat annoyed by the arguments, misinformation and sometimes sheer nonsense that seems to populate [...] Continue Reading
Air Board Publicity Stunt: Clearing the Air – December 2013
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board (Air Board) has recently submitted a request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a determination of compliance [...] Continue Reading
Oil and Money versus Climate in the San Joaquin Valley
By Chip Ashley California environmental policy is “schizophrenic.” So says Justin Malan of Heal the Bay, a Southern California nonprofit with a goal of “making southern California’s coastal waters [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Peace Corp Volunteer in Peru
By Ingrid Carmean Surrounded by rich agricultural lands, Cerro Candela is probably the poorest community with whom the Peace Corps Peru environmental group works. Of the three communities I work [...] Continue Reading
Good Will in the Mountains of Chiapas
By Patricia Wells Solorzano (Editor’s note: Patricia Wells Solorzano, a well-known musical artist in the Fresno area, was invited to attend an Escuelita Zapatista in Chiapas, Mexico, in August. About [...] Continue Reading