By Wasan Abu-Baker Editor’s Note: A version of this article was published in Kings River Life Magazine at [...] Continue Reading
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North Korea Wants to Deter a U.S. Attack: That’s Why It Has Nukes
By Col. Ann Wright Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at TruthDig! on July 18, 2017. (The text has been edited with permission from Ann Wright.) The full text is at www. [...] Continue Reading
Ready for Resistance, Any Day Now
By Rev. Dr. Christopher Breedlove My head is spinning of late, exhausted by the seemingly relentless pace of racists, bigots and gentrification vultures here locally in Fresno. Or, perhaps, the [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – November 2017
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence (1584 N. Van Ness Ave.). This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK This worldwide network of [...] Continue Reading
The DACA Road from Tranquillity to San Joaquin
By Halima Aquino The road to the city of San Joaquin from Tranquillity High School was 105 degrees or hotter on black pavement on Sept. 6 at 12:30 p.m. Beside the fields of nuts and fruit, there is [...] Continue Reading
Westlands Water District Votes No on Delta Tunnels Project
By Dan Bacher Editor’s note: This article was originally published at Daily Kos and is republished under their terms and conditions: [...] Continue Reading
Freedom School Celebrates Summer Harvest Festival
By Floyd D. Harris School’s back in session and the end of summer is here. In preparation to plant their winter crops, student participants from the Fresno Freedom School of Agriculture and Cultural [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Ozone Implosion
By Tom Frantz As the dust-reddened sun rose over the city, residents reluctantly crawled out of bed shaking off headaches from oxygen deprivation due to a night of breathing dirty air. Talking heads [...] Continue Reading
Veteran and Antiwar Activist Col. Ann Wright Comes to Fresno
By Joshua Shurley Colonel Ann Wright (retired) will speak on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Community United Church of Christ (5550 N. Fresno St.). Colonel Wright spent 29 years in the U.S. Army and Army [...] Continue Reading
Whistleblowers Uncover Illegal Federal Payments to Valley Water Contractors
By Vic Bedoian Four of the state’s water districts secretly received more than $100 million in federal funds to pay for their share of the environmental review of the Bay Delta tunnels project. The [...] Continue Reading
The Story of the Muslim Community in the Central Valley
By Wasan Abu-Baker Muslims are well known for their warm hospitality. Our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that whoever believes in God and the Day of Judgment, let him honor his neighbor, [...] Continue Reading
Gandhi Birthday Celebration at Peace Garden
The 148th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, apostle of peace and nonviolence, also known as the father of human rights in the 20th century and patron saint of the peace movement globally, will be observed [...] Continue Reading