By Linda G. Traynor On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations are “persons” and their money constitutes “free speech.” With [...] Continue Reading
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Clean Air Is an Unreasonable Expectation – Clearing the Air – November 2013
By Tom Frantz Last month, I wrote about the false “Air Alert” declared in August by our Valley Air Board. The alert involved a big media campaign asking people to carpool and not idle their cars so [...] Continue Reading
Latin American Film Festival
By Dr. Annabella España-Nájera The Fresno State Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies (CLAS) is happy to announce the inaugural Latin American Film Festival, which brings to the Central [...] Continue Reading
Historic Legislation Signed in Fresno
By Valeria Pedroza Last month, on Oct. 3, California Governor Jerry Brown came to the Central Valley and signed AB 60 into law at Fresno City College. This bill, which will not take effect until Jan. [...] Continue Reading
Public Sentiment Largely Rejects Traffic on the Fulton Mall
By Ray McKnight Three years ago, the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan (FCSP) process was set in motion. Its announced goal was to revitalize downtown Fresno, and deciding what to do about the Fulton [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – November 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, November 14, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK November 5, first [...] Continue Reading
Remembering and Celebrating
By Kaylia Metcalfe This month marks the 16th year where groups from all over the world will gather together on Nov. 20 and participate in TDoR events. TDoR, or Transgender Day of Remembrance, is a [...] Continue Reading
Nostalgia, Tragicomedy and Terry E.
By Alfonso C. Hernandez “Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?” says Shakespeare in his Sonnet 8 alluding to a sense of nostalgia while hearing music that heightens the sense of memory in the [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron! When You Can’t Eat, Pray and Love, Laugh, Scream and Cry Instead
By David E. Roy Increasingly these days, I find myself laughing, screaming and crying in response to innumerable political and social events, from local to global. These responses spring up out of [...] Continue Reading
Seniors Love Medicare
By Dan Yaseen Across all political, social and economic strata, Medicare is one of the most popular government programs in the United States. Almost 90% people on Medicare are very satisfied with the [...] Continue Reading
Government Shutdown: Don’t Get Angry, Go Green!
By Richard Gomez Like Emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned, the major political parties play the game until a deal that will appease Corporate America with big wet kisses from our Congress, [...] Continue Reading