By Gerry Bill If there were a Nobel Prize for “Greatest Threat to World Peace,” perhaps Donald Trump should be the first one to be nominated for it. There could be many bases for nominating him, but [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Slaughter Dedicated to Women’s Issues
By George B. Kauffman Louise M. Slaughter (D–NY) died on March 16 (1929–2018) at the age of 88, the oldest sitting member of Congress, serving her 16th term in the House of Representatives. She was [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Anti-Camping Ordinance
By Paul Thomas Jackson (Editor’s note: This is the second article of a four-part series on Fresno’s anti-camping ordinance.) Fresno’s Unhealthy and Hazardous Camping Act 2017 is unique among cities’ [...] Continue Reading
Trump Administration’s Attack on “Sanctuary Cities”
By Ben Monterroso The systematic attacks against the migrant community by the Trump Administration have re-manifested in the public agenda in recent weeks. The newest clash is between the different [...] Continue Reading
Coalition of Fresno Citizens Rallies for Better Parks
Fresno for Parks Leads Grassroots Effort to Let Voters Decide on a November Ballot Measure By Natasha Biasell Residents are gathering signatures to ensure November’s general election ballot includes a [...] Continue Reading
DEEP FRESNO: Brand Demands, Council Okays Diesel Exhaust for Viking Elementary Students
By Kevin Hall “The lower we go, the stronger our negotiating position becomes.” — Mayor Lee Brand, April 4, 2018 With the latest in a string of negative declarations of environmental impacts [...] Continue Reading
20 Years of Documented Diesel Damage to Fresno Children Ignored by City
By Kevin Hall Our kids are the canaries in Fresno’s coal-mine-like atmosphere of microscopic pieces of soot and gases. The more deleterious impacts to their sensitive, developing systems play out [...] Continue Reading
ARE YOU A CITIZEN?
By Ben Monterroso Among the responsibilities and tasks of a modern state is the collecting and keeping of specific data about the population to be governed. It is important to appropriately implement [...] Continue Reading
TPS and Forced Migration
By Stan Santos A History of Forced Migration The history of immigration to the United States from the south is one of forced migration. Waves of immigrants flee their homes to escape violence and [...] Continue Reading
The Stink of Injustice
By Boston Woodard “I’m sittin’ here lonely like a broken man, serve my time doing the best I can, walls and bars they surround me, but I don’t want no sympathy.” —Grand Funk Railroad I remember [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Valley Fever
By Tom Frantz The last three years have seen rapidly increasing cases of Valley Fever in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV). Recent growth in the Valley is 150%, whereas Southern California saw a 75% [...] Continue Reading
Awakening the Greatness Within You
By Veena Kapoor “To survive and thrive in this turbulent world, we need peace and power, that comes from deep inner contentment. The foundation of inner peace and inner power is spiritual awareness [...] Continue Reading