By Richard Gomez “Imagine a California where there is no more poverty, no more failing prison system, no more poisoning of our eco-system, free healthcare for all, free quality education and art, [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Clearing the Air: Ozone From China and Emission Reduction Credits
By Tom Frantz Sometimes you just have to laugh when you read about San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (the Air District) attempts to pass the blame for our air pollution onto sources [...] Continue Reading
Help Preserve Our Water!
By Jean Hays It has been four years the Valley Water Consortium’s last water forum in Fresno, and still, the waters are, indeed, troubled. Adding to existing problems is the simple fact that now [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Trona, Bloody Trona
By Mike Rhodes I meet a lot of lawyers who work on social and economic justice issues but have never met one quite like Paul Henry Abram. Abram, who lives in Bass Lake and has an art gallery in [...] Continue Reading
Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars
By Dan Yaseen Following Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers and Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald has produced [...] Continue Reading
Return of the Poetry Corner
Edited by Richard Stone Our poet this month is Alfonso Hernandez of Three Rivers. He writes, “The inspiration came from the violent situation in Mexico where many people are killed every day either [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: Power Players Visit San Quentin
By Boston Woodard On a quiet night in San Quentin, you can hear the sounds of rehabilitation in progress coming from the small arts room on the upper yard. And, from time to time, you will meet [...] Continue Reading
Prisoners and Shadows Draining Like Slow Water: On the Film Cesar Chavez
By Leonard Adame I’d never heard of Cesar Chavez when I was 15 and driving bobtails stacked with cherry tomatoes from Dinuba to Orange Cove. I was happy the little truck had a radio and often [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – May 2014
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday May 8, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK May 7, first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
Immigration Reform Movement Reaches Critical Juncture
By Stan Santos The movement for a permanent solution to the crisis confronting more than 11 million undocumented persons living in the United States has reached a critical point in its historic [...] Continue Reading
Court Ruling a Blow to Agribusiness Mogul’s Kern Water Bank
By Vic Bedoian In a ruling on March 5, a Sacramento Superior Court judge struck a blow against the operation of the Kern Water Bank. It is the most significant decision to date concerning the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno State Student Coalition Debates ASI Regarding “Students of Color”
By Lizbeth De La Cruz The Chicano Youth Conference (CYC) has been held for 40 years at Fresno State. The original purpose was to improve enrollment of Latino youths in the university, which was [...] Continue Reading