Text and Photos by Peter Maiden Despite high heat and smoke from wildfires, drivers turned out for a Caravan to Commit to Equity Monday, August 24th. Around a dozen cars went from the Caltrain [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Tulare County During the Pandemic –The Hard Price of Poverty
A photo essay by David Bacon Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged last week that the coronavirus crisis is expanding far faster among eight rural counties in California’s Central Valley than in the [...] Continue Reading
Graciela Martinez —Presente!
By Daniel O’Connell Love cannot be contained, which is why it is revolutionary. Few lived this truth more than Graciela Martinez, a pure soul and ferocious activist, especially for farmworkers, [...] Continue Reading
Graciela Martinez: A Lifetime of Support for Farmworker Rights and Dignity
By Willie Colón (Editor’s note: Longtime activist Graciela Martinez of Tulare County passed on Aug. 1. She was born in Haringen, Texas, on Jan. 29, 1945. Her family later moved to California [...] Continue Reading
Dakota EcoGardens Receives New Shelter
Text and photos by Caroline Jackson Up, up and away, like a Wizard of Oz scene; that’s how it went on July 31 at the Dakota EcoGarden. The Dakota EcoGarden [...] Continue Reading
Some Lessons from the Last Revolution
By Joel Eis Things are getting interesting. History is getting more personal every day. Street demonstrations are a great thing, but they’re not a movement. They’re an action to show how people [...] Continue Reading
Dereliction of Duty
By Tom Frantz This column has detailed the lack of integrity at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) for a long time. Kevin Hall wrote about illegal and insufficient [...] Continue Reading
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor “On a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind possessed [...] Continue Reading
Why Latinos Should Support Kamala Harris as VP
By Gabriel Lerner California Senator Kamala Harris should be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. An energetic and courageous leader, Harris deserves the support of the Latino community at [...] Continue Reading
The Community Alliance and the Boycott of Facebook Advertising
By Peter Maiden The #StopHateForProfit campaign is calling for a boycott of paid Facebook advertising. The boycott got underway in mid-June and will extend at least until the end of July. The [...] Continue Reading
Justice Denied…
By I. smiley G. Calderon We’ve all heard the common adage and legal maxim, “justice delayed is justice denied,” right? It means, so long as justice is put on hold, it really is injustice, plain and [...] Continue Reading
From Slave Patrols to Police Departments
By James Mendez On June 25, the Fresno City Council voted 5-1 to fund Advance Peace in its 2020–21 budget. Advanced Peace brings a community-based program to Fresno and will work to decrease [...] Continue Reading