By Loretta Kensinger, Ph.D. During Women’s History Month, we should do more than celebrate achievements of those women “firsts” who make it into the halls of power. While individual milestones [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Fresno Jail Transfers Immigrants to ICE Custody
By Stan Santos Fresno County continues to violate the civil rights and basic humanity of immigrants in custody as it facilitates the transfer of arrestees to ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs [...] Continue Reading
Oil Industry in Kern County Resists Limitations on Fracking
By Ronald Martin The Kern County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting on Jan. 14 with the staff of a new agency, the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM, which replaces DOGGR, the [...] Continue Reading
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Coming to Town
By Tom Frantz Oil and gas companies are facing an existential threat in California. The governor and legislators have agreed that the use of fossil fuel must be phased out over the next 20 years if [...] Continue Reading
Is the Air Force Contaminating Fresno’s Water?
By Pat Elder Fresno’s Southeast Surface Water Treatment Plant is located 7,500 feet from the former Fire Training Areas (FTAs) used by the Fresno Air National Guard for 50 years—the same period the [...] Continue Reading
Cárcel de Fresno Transfiere Inmigrantes a ICE para Deportación
Por Stan Santos El Condado de Fresno continúa violando los derechos civiles y humanos de los inmigrantes detenidos ya que facilita la transferencia de detenidos a ICE (Immigration and Customs [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Mayor’s Race Pits Progressive Vision versus the Establishment
By Vic Bedoian Although the election for mayor of Fresno is in theory nonpartisan, in reality it’s a choice between a progressive vision for the city’s future pursued by Andrew Janz and Fresno’s [...] Continue Reading
Save the Date
The Community Alliance will hold its annual fundraiser at 6:00 pm on June 28th at Pat Wolk's beautiful garden. Mark Arax is the featured speaker. He will talk about the importance of investigative [...] Continue Reading
I, the Runaway Child
By Kayla Moon As I walked the familiar halls of the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission’s Youth Sanctuary Shelter, fragments of memories rushed through my mind. Hazy flashbacks of the blue [...] Continue Reading
Jerry Dyer for Mayor? Progressive Activists Say Hell No!
By Mike Rhodes (Editor’s note: The best indication of how a person will behave in the future is to look at what they have done in their past. This is a common theme when an employer is [...] Continue Reading
Large Pro-Impeachment Rally Held in Clovis
By Peter MaidenPhotos by Peter Maiden More than 600 demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump were held throughout the country on Dec. 17. There were actions in all 50 [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Dreamers Travel to D.C. for DACA Hearing
By Juan Santiago The Dreamers’ movement reached a pivotal moment in November when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case. The case made it [...] Continue Reading