By Angélica Salceda While our immigrant communities are living in fear, wondering if immigration agents will come knocking on their doors or if a simple traffic stop might lead to their deportation, [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Malak: An American Girl and Her Family
By Hannah Brandt Wasan Abu-Baker, content and translation The word malak means angel in Arabic. Malak is also a six-year-old Fresno girl who was born in Aleppo, Syria in 2010. A few months before the [...] Continue Reading
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
By John Else [Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an article that was originally published on BillMoyers.com and is republished with permission. [...] Continue Reading
Demonstrations and Fasting to Bring Attention to the U.S. Role in World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
By Kathy Kelly [Editor’s Note: This article has been modified from its original version with permission from the author.] On March 14, 2017, internationally renowned peace activist Kathy Kelly, of [...] Continue Reading
Trump’s Push for More Oil Extraction on Public Lands Hits Central California
By Vic Bedoian Oil and gas drilling has been halted on federal lands in California during the past four years due to a successful legal action taken by the Center for Biological Diversity. Now the [...] Continue Reading
‘NO BAN, NO WALL: SANCTUARY FOR ALL’
Rallies Throughout the Valley and the Nation Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies Fresno Resistance hosted No Ban, No Wall: Sanctuary for All on February 13, 2017. About 500 people of all ages from [...] Continue Reading
Valley Residents Protest Devin Nunes and Trump Over Immigration Stance
By Vic Bedoian Hundreds of Valley residents gathered at the office of Congressman Devin Nunes in Clovis on Wednesday, February 8 to protest his support of President Trump’s executive order banning [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – March 2017
By Hannah Brandt Only six weeks into the Trump administration we are trapped in a culture of fear. If you are a woman, an immigrant, a person of color, a member of the LGBTQ community, a person living [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – March 2017
Status Quo at the DNC By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji The expected has happened! Tom Perez was just elected to chair the Democratic National Committee. The earlier re-election of Nancy Pelosi as House [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Wood Stoves are Killers
By Tom Frantz Guess what is dirtier than an old diesel truck hauling dead cows to a rendering plant in West Fresno? The answer is a wood stove. According to a Danish paper on the dangers of wood [...] Continue Reading
Health and Justice in Water Board’s Hands with Pesticide Byproduct
By Asha Kreiling Twenty-five years ago, the drinking water contaminant 1,2,3-TCP was added to the state of California's list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer. Water contaminated by this [...] Continue Reading
I’m Undocumented and I don’t Think Trump is the Problem
By Miguel Bibanco (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at The Know Youth Media and is republished with permission.) Just a month into Trump’s presidency and the controversies [...] Continue Reading