By Lynn Jacobsson Here we are in 2021, still in “The Time of COVID,” when the need for guaranteed healthcare for all Americans is more critical than ever as the coronavirus pandemic has spread [...] Continue Reading
Activism
The Struggles Continue for Immigrant Women
By Myrna Martinez Nateras Without a doubt, 2020 was an unprecedented year, not only because of the first pandemic of the 21st century but also because of the U.S. election in which the popular vote [...] Continue Reading
Push for Legalization of Essential Workers in Covid Relief Bill
By Sunita Sohrabji Rep. Raul Ruiz (D–Palm Desert) joined several immigration advocates on Feb. 16 to push for an immediate path to legalization for more than 5 million undocumented essential [...] Continue Reading
Exploitation or Dignity for Migrant Farmworker Families?
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: This article summarizes the conclusions of a report by the Oakland Institute, Exploitation or Dignity: What Future for Migrant Farmworker Families in the United [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change: National, State and Local Not on the Same Page
By Nayamin Martinez The Biden administration took two early measures to fulfill its campaign commitments to address climate change: 1) The United States rejoined the Paris Agreement, and 2) the [...] Continue Reading
Welcome Baskets for Crossroads Village Residents
By Beverly Fitzpatrick On Dec. 29, volunteers from Wings Advocacy Fresno (Wings) participated in a special project, providing 165 welcome baskets to those moving, at the beginning of the new year, [...] Continue Reading
Essential Workers, Love and MLK Jr.’s Lasting Influence
By Benny Corona Martin Luther King, Jr., used to say that we should always believe that there exists inherent value in all of us. And that our worthiness, and somebodiness, cannot be defined by [...] Continue Reading
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Sudarshan Kapoor (Editor’s note: The following comments were delivered by Dr. Su Kapoor at MLK events in mid-January.) Jan. 18 was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. King’s 92nd birthday, [...] Continue Reading
Power of Fire Destroys
By Janet CapellaPhotos by Peter Maiden The Creek Fire started on Sept. 4, 2020, the first day of Labor Day weekend, in the isolated woodland between Big Creek and Huntington Lake. The final embers [...] Continue Reading
Our “Right to Know” When Pesticides Are Applied
By Nayamin Martinez and Sarah Aird The San Joaquin Valley is often called “the food basket of the world” because it is one of the major agricultural producers in the United States. Two of the [...] Continue Reading
The Tower Theatre is Being Sold
The Tower Theatre might be sold to the conservative Christian Adventure Church, and Tower District neighbors are protesting the sale. Around 50 came to an action on Jan. 10. To the protesters, the [...] Continue Reading
The Dream Is Alive
By I. smiley G. Calderon After such a horrible, tragic and unthinkable year, it’s a breath of fresh air to finally put 2020 behind us and look earnestly upward toward a hopeful new year. And [...] Continue Reading