By Vic Bedoian A voluntary buyout offer to 450 employees of the McClatchy newspaper chain was announced recently. Almost half of them took that offer. Not all were journalists or editors, but many [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Fresnans Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Through March and Rally
By Community Alliance Staff Around 1,500 people marched from St. John's Cathedral to Fresno City Hall, where there was a rally, and then to Veterans' Memorial Auditorium for speakers, as part of a [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Through March and Rally
By Community Alliance Staff Around 1,500 people marched from St. John's Cathedral to Fresno City Hall, where there was a rally, and then to Veterans' Memorial Auditorium for speakers, as part of a [...] Continue Reading
The Privilege of Being Polite
By Carli White-Morgan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about politeness, as people decry the lack of it in public. Have you ever known someone who was always polite? Then one day they just snap and [...] Continue Reading
The Privilege of Being Polite
By Carli White-Morgan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about politeness, as people decry the lack of it in public. Have you ever known someone who was always polite? Then one day they just snap and [...] Continue Reading
A Tribute to My Father: Leonard Adame
By Maria M. Adame Leonard Adame was born Sept. 2, 1947, to Jessie and Trinidad C. Adame. He had two brothers, Ronnie Eredia and Trinidad Adame III, and three sisters, Monica Adame, Maria Adame [...] Continue Reading
Indigenous rock comes to the Central Valley
By Eduardo Stanley Rock and Roll, the young music that prevailed overwhelmingly since the 1950s, emerged in English. In countries where another language is spoken, it is common for local bands to [...] Continue Reading
Madera Group Seeks People Willing to Highlight Their Culture or Faith
By Lourdes Herrera The Madera Coalition for Community Justice, a community-based organization, has been sponsoring an Interfaith/Intercultural Day for the past 20 years. Each year, it has gotten [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – December 2018
What Is Christmas? By Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz Christmas is the time of year to be with those you love; for sights and smells, for jingle bells; the shining star above; for ice and snow, for [...] Continue Reading
Transgender Day of Remembrance
By Peter Maiden About 50 people gathered on the corner of Blackstone and Nees avenues for a Transgender Day of Remembrance rally and protest on Nov. 20. Trans-E-Motion organized the sunset gathering [...] Continue Reading
Women’s Services for the Next Century
By Kayla Moon The third annual Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno (WAMFF) is stirring up a lot of attention and excitement. The event will feature a night of educators, entertainers, speakers, [...] Continue Reading
For My Father Leonard Adame By Maria M. Adame Time has slipped through like film through a projector; the clock’s hand bangs every mocking minute. I still see your last moments. Your eyes squeezed [...] Continue Reading