WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK A worldwide network of [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Nunes Fuels Protest with Support of Tax Scam
By Bob Turner The weekly Tuesday protest in front of the office of Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) in Clovis was larger than usual on Dec. 12 as passage of the Republican-backed tax reform measure loomed [...] Continue Reading
10-Year Plan to End Homelessness Reaches 10-Year Mark with No End in Sight
By Gerry Bill To no one’s great surprise, Fresno’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness has failed miserably in achieving its stated goal— to end chronic homelessness in Fresno. The plan was adopted [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Residents Design Their Own Public Transit Line
By Mariah Thompson Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: California Dairies Are Unsustainable
By Tom Frantz The factory dairies of the San Joaquin Valley contribute more to our air pollution and global warming than any other sector. Their onsite ammonia and VOC emissions plus the thousands of [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Rufino Dominguez
By Eduardo Stanley On Nov. 11, well-known immigrant and indigenous people’s rights activist Rufino Dominguez Santos, 52, died in Fresno. Dominguez was the co-founder of the Binational Front of [...] Continue Reading
Engage in January
MLK Weekend Activities “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need [...] Continue Reading
Community Giveback Project
All of Us or None is a grassroots civil and human rights organization fighting for the rights of formerly and currently incarcerated people and our families. The group fights against the [...] Continue Reading
My Dreams Don’t Have Borders
A faith vigil was held at Rep. Devin Nunes’ office in Clovis on Dec. 20 to support a clean DREAM Act. All photos by Peter Maiden. [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Protest to Protect Net Neutrality
By Bob Turner The call was sent out over the Internet. “The new chairman of the FCC was a top lawyer at Verizon. Now he’s calling for a vote to kill net neutrality...Join the Protest Dec. 7 at [...] Continue Reading
Straight Outta Fresno
By Peter Maiden Poppin’, a hip-hop dance related to the Robot, originated in Fresno and traveled up and down the Valley to the Bay Area and Los Angeles in the 1980s. Hmong B-Boys and B-Girls were [...] Continue Reading
Women Usually Clean Up the Big Messes
By Sheila Kennedy Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at https://www.sheilakennedy.net/2017/10/women-are-always-the-ones-cleaning-up/. The [...] Continue Reading