By Sandra Celedon In May, the Trust for Public Land released its annual ParkScore index, which analyzes how well the 50 largest cities across the nation are meeting the need for parks. To no one’s [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Guest Editorial: Unions Fight to Take Democracy Back from Billionaires
By Art Pulaski California’s century-old ballot initiative system is broken. Ballot measures are supposed to be tools of participatory democracy that give everyday citizens a voice in our process. But [...] Continue Reading
2012 City of Fresno Salary Information
According to the Fresno Bee, 80 City of Fresno employees make more than $130,000 a year. Five employees make more than $200,000 a year. Are these government bureaucrats willing to make the same [...] Continue Reading
Strictest Rules in the Nation? – Clearing the Air – July 2013
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board likes to brag about having the toughest air pollution controls in the nation. Unfortunately, given that we have the worst air [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: Feather River College “Incarcerated Student Program”
By Boston Woodard Six years ago, the faculty and staff at Feather River College (FRC) in Quincy, Calif., made what they were sure would be a historic decision. Professor Joan Parkin said the fateful [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice: Moving Beyond Measure G
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.—Charles Darwin Collaboration is the [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Against Fracking Is Organized
By Gary Lasky Fifteen Fresno activists met on June 10 to share concerns about the impending “fracking” boom in the San Joaquin Valley and launched a new group, Fresnans Against Fracking. The group [...] Continue Reading
Fracking California Legislative Update
By Gary Lasky The oil and gas industry in California is essentially without adult supervision. Existing regulations are either drafted by, or approved in advance by, the oil industry. This status quo [...] Continue Reading
Expanding Natural Gas Exports Would Encourage Natural Gas Fracking in California
By Tom Cotter Increasing America’s natural gas exports to other nations may sound like benign economic policy, but it is anything but. In reality, oil and gas giants and others with a track record [...] Continue Reading
Community Forum on Immigration Reform
By Leoncio Vasquez Santos and Stan Santos Since 2006, the May Day Coalition for Immigrants Rights (CPMDI) and immigrants’ rights organizations have met with Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims on [...] Continue Reading
Una plática con la encargada del Departamento de Sheriff de Fresno que no llegó
Por: Leoncio Vasquez Santos y Stan Santos Organizaciones pro-inmigrante de Fresno han intentado por varios años sentarse con Margaret Mims, encargada del Departamento de Sheriff del Condado de [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – July 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING There is no WILPF meeting in July. The WILPF Retreat will happen in August - watch this space for details. WOMEN IN BLACK July 3, first Wednesday of each month at noon at [...] Continue Reading