This Is How We Decide? By Ruth Gadebusch The air is alive with sound, and every bare spot is filled with signs. Of course, I refer to all the political advertisements with which we are inundated. [...] Continue Reading
Activism
The Debate over Empire and the Feud It Caused
The Fresno Pacific University Web site mentions that Fresno became part of the United States as a result of the U.S.-Mexican War.1 Although not advertised as such at the time, historians now agree [...] Continue Reading
Copley v. Accountability
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in ColorLines and was reported in collaboration with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. See: [...] Continue Reading
Nuclear Power in the Valley: Energy Reality or Speculative Myth?
Local proponents of nuclear power are leading a campaign to create a new generation of energy production based in the San Joaquin Valley. This effort seeks to build, somewhere in the west side of the [...] Continue Reading
The Chatter of Chickens, Pigs and Dogs
During a recent visit to Guanajuato, I again appreciated the conditions of life in large areas of rural Mexico. Much remains unchanged, like the adobe walls that continue to shelter life. The [...] Continue Reading
Gambling with Your Money
(Editor's note: The writer of this article, a student at CSUF, was so concerned that he would be expelled or disciplined for writing this information that he would not use his name. It is alarming [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: How I Love Thee
Local Organizers Take on Disparities and Call to Action Oh Fresno… “I love Fresno.” This rarely leaves the lips of Fresno residents or visitors. Shame of our city hovers thickly, holding hands with [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar
Saturday, May 1, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Helen Desai, M.A. A founding member of the Docent Council of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco will be the speaker for Women of Spirit at 7319 N. Fourth St. Her [...] Continue Reading
SJRA-ADVOCATE ("This little newsletter")
By: Boston Woodard Every now and then, someone or something comes along bringing hope and beneficial information to thousands of prisoners in California. In the case of a small grassroots newsletter, [...] Continue Reading
Credo
By: Richard Stone I saw Avatar (at the $3 theater) a couple of weeks ago and was surprised to find below its visual extravaganza a ferociously anti-imperialist and anti-materialist story. It was [...] Continue Reading
Run to Save Wa-Ha-Lish
By: Vic Bedoian Jesse Morrow Mountain is a unique local landmark. Standing 20 miles east of Fresno, along with its neighbor, Campbell Mountain, it forms the gateway to Kings Canyon-Sequoia National [...] Continue Reading
Chomsky Warns of Risk of Fascism in America
By: Matthew Rothschild Noam Chomsky, the leading leftwing intellectual, warned last week that fascism may be coming to the United States. "I'm just old enough to have heard a number of Hitler's [...] Continue Reading