By Robert Turner Within the confines of Coalinga State Hospital (CSH), a patient-organized group that distributes election material to patients and helps their peers therein register to vote wants to [...] Continue Reading
Activism
MLK
About 1,200 people marched in Fresno’s annual Martin Luther King Day March from St. John’s Church to a rally at Fresno City Hall on the morning of January 15. [...] Continue Reading
Ensuring Better Communities through Accountability
By Ashley Werner Based in Fresno, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability works closely with residents and community leaders from disadvantaged communities throughout the San Joaquin and [...] Continue Reading
Economic Neoliberalism: Mexico for Sale
By Francisco Duarte Editor’s note: This article was submitted in Spanish and translated into English by Rhea Rehark-Griffith. Mexico, with its 130 million inhabitants, is a country of contradictions, [...] Continue Reading
Application Period for HUD Grants Open
The opportunity for community organizations and nonprofits to apply for funding from four “entitlement programs” of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) opened in January. The [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – February 2018
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
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