By Gay Central Valley Editor’s note: This article was published originally at Gay Central Valley at www.gaycentralvalley.org. Gay Central Valley officially formed as a nonprofit in January 2009. [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
The Battle for Matheny Tract: Demanding Water Justice in Tulare County
By Hannah Brandt A community screening and discussion of the film The Battle for Matheny Tract took place in August at Fres.Co, a downtown Fresno meeting place next to the Crest theater. “Fres.Co is [...] Continue Reading
Project Shalom/Salam
Interview with Helen Siporin, a member of Fresno’s Jewish community and co-founder of Project Shalom/Salaam. Q. How did you learn about the Syrian refugees? A. Last February, my friend Susan [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: The Periodic Table & Mendeleev
By George B. Kauffman The Periodic Table & Mendeleev. By Fathi Habashi, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Laval University, Quebéc City, Canada, 2017, ISBN [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Youth of Color Fighting to Keep Fair School Funding System
By Ziaunna Temple and Draquari McGhee On July 12, Draquari and I, along with hundreds of high school students, parents and education advocacy groups from 30 cities across California, went to [...] Continue Reading
Dedication of the Philip Levine Reading Room: A Retrospective
By Alex Vavoulis In Alexandria, Egypt, in 1954, Greek Noble Laureate George Seferis said, “Learning is one of the noblest exercises of man and to be learned is one of his highest desires.” And now, [...] Continue Reading
Creating Spaces for Central Valley’s LGBTQ Community
By Hannah Brandt June 2017 was a big month for firsts in the Central Valley. The first Gay Pride Parade in Fresno was held in the Tower District in 1991. Now called the Rainbow Pride Festival and [...] Continue Reading
The Lazy Universe
By George B. Kauffman The Lazy Universe: An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action. By Jennifer Coopersmith, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK; New York, NY, 2017, xii + 267 pp., hardcover, [...] Continue Reading
Tapped Out: Whose Reality?
By Michael D. Evans Valley PBS aired a documentary miniseries titled Tapped Out: The History and Battle over Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley during May. The four-part series examined the [...] Continue Reading
Alice’s Story: Coming out as Trans and Finding a Role Model in Myself
By Alice Herrera Editor’s note: This article was originally published by We’Ced Youth Media (http://www.wecedyouth.org/2017/06/coming-trans-finding-role-model/) and is republished with [...] Continue Reading
Local Peace Groups Unhappy with Recent Fresno State Decision
By Camille Russell and Dan Yaseen On April 26, the Fresno State administration abruptly canceled the university’s months-long search for a faculty member to fill the Edward Said Chair professorship [...] Continue Reading