By Zoyer Zyndel You are invited to attend the 2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Nov. 16. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the event begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. The TDOR will be hosted [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Where is the Freedom in this Land?
By Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz Why was this country formed, this country called United States? Did not the founders seek their freedom and their independence from a king who ruled its people with an [...] Continue Reading
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
By Michael D. Evans In the long tradition of free music at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival has become an annual institution and a must-attend pilgrimage for [...] Continue Reading
Community Activism Delivers
By Vic Bedoian Will Arvin’s new oil ordinance translate into environmental justice gains in other hard-hit San Joaquin Valley towns? Juan Flores, a Delano-based community organizer with the Center on [...] Continue Reading
Music and Progressive Politics to Share the Stage at Fulton 55
By Mike Rhodes This month, you are invited to combine your passion for great local music and progressive politics by going to Fulton 55 as we raise money for the Mike Rhodes Social Justice Scholarship [...] Continue Reading
Latino Millennial Vote
By Ben Monterroso The young Latino vote will be a key factor in deciding the future of our country; data indicate that they have an unprecedented potential to make their political mark. If Latino [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Holidays & Other Disasters
By George B. Kauffman Holidays & Other Disasters by John G. Rodwan, Jr., Humanist Press, 177 T St. NW, Washington, DC, 2013, $12.99. ISBN 978-0-931779-39-8 This intriguing, meticulously [...] Continue Reading
Students Call on California Leaders to Address Racial Inequality in Schools on Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
By Saa’un Bell One hundred students and parents from Fresno and across the state marched on the state capitol urging lawmakers to make good on the promise of Brown v. Board of Education, on the 64th [...] Continue Reading
How American Muslim Families Celebrate Ramadan
By Wasan Abu Baker Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a period of prayer, fasting, charity giving and self–accountability for Muslims around the world. The first verses of the [...] Continue Reading
Human Dignity, Hate Speech and Barbara Bush Tweets
By Tina Fernandes Botts The case of the Fresno State professor who was recently under fire for making negative statements about Barbara Bush through her personal Twitter account (the “Jarrar matter”) [...] Continue Reading
National Lawyers’ Guild Supports Freedom of Speech
Editor’s note: This article was submitted by the Central Valley chapter of the National Lawyers’ Guild. On April 17, Fresno State Professor Randa Jarrar posted a series of tweets condemning the late [...] Continue Reading