By Chanel Ruiz-Mendez and Sarah Sharpe On Dec. 5, Fresno Metro Ministry will celebrate 43 years of advocacy to create a more “respectful, compassionate and inclusive community” at its Anniversary [...] Continue Reading
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Human Rights Commemoration in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta [...] Continue Reading
Air Board Publicity Stunt: Clearing the Air – December 2013
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board (Air Board) has recently submitted a request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a determination of compliance [...] Continue Reading
Oil and Money versus Climate in the San Joaquin Valley
By Chip Ashley California environmental policy is “schizophrenic.” So says Justin Malan of Heal the Bay, a Southern California nonprofit with a goal of “making southern California’s coastal waters [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Peace Corp Volunteer in Peru
By Ingrid Carmean Surrounded by rich agricultural lands, Cerro Candela is probably the poorest community with whom the Peace Corps Peru environmental group works. Of the three communities I work [...] Continue Reading
Violence in the Homeless Encampments
By Paul T. Jackson Peace is a basic human need; peace of mind is a mark of good health. Peace flows from within each individual out to other members of the community to which the individual belongs. [...] Continue Reading
Public Defense in Peril
By Vic Bedoian In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been [...] Continue Reading
Fulton Mall Targeted by City Hall: Should We Just Give Up on Pedestrian Malls and Accept That Fresno Is a Car Culture?
By Robert Turner (Editor’s note: This series of articles was first published in the October–December Tehipite Topics, the local newsletter of the Sierra Club.) On Sept. 5, the day the City of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
GMOs Are Not Healthy for People and Other Living Things
By Richard D. Iyall Before Columbus stumbled upon this continent, now called the Americas, the indigenous peoples here lived in great harmony with nature. The people here respected other people and [...] Continue Reading
The Fulton Green Project: Introducing a Broader Vision for the Future of Fresno
By Robert Turner The future of Fresno’s historic Fulton Mall hangs in the balance. Whether it remains as a car-free corridor, a welcoming place to pedestrians, strollers, and bicycles, or is returned [...] Continue Reading
Down and Out in Fresno
By Robert Navarro In George Orwell’s classic Down and Out in Paris and London, he memorialized his journalistic venture into the world of poverty during the depths of the global Depression. With [...] Continue Reading
Fulton Mall as a Scapegoat for Past City Planning Policy Failures
By Harold Tokmakian After World War II, most cities in the United States felt an urgent need for increased housing in response to population growth and to make up for the halt in construction during [...] Continue Reading