Book Review By George B. Kauffman The Outcast Oracle by Laury A. Egan, Humanist Press, Washington, DC, 2013, paperback $13.95. ISBN 978-0-931779-36-7 This entrancing novel, full of irony, humor, [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
North Dakota Judge Throws Out Charges Against Journalist Amy Goodman
The Democracy Now! host is free but a documentary maker who was also arrested for committing journalism faces a potential 45 years in prison. By John Light | October 17, 2016 (Editor’s Note: This [...] Continue Reading
Review of the film No Màs Bebés
By Kathy Ayala Director: Renee Tajima-Pena Producer: Virginia Espino A film screening for No Màs Bebés premiered at Fresno State on October 13, 2016, shedding light on a heinous period of time in [...] Continue Reading
Walk Like a Slut
By Linda Kobashigawa & Amanda Tripp As if its name isn’t provocative enough, imagine hundreds of women and men dressed in as a little as possible carrying hand-written signs exclaiming that “rape [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rallies in Solidarity with Standing Rock Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Hannah Brandt One of the largest demonstrations by indigenous peoples in recent U.S. history has been taking place in North Dakota over the last several weeks. The activists prefer to be called [...] Continue Reading
THE FRESNO BEE FOUR | Community Support Revisited
By Alex Vavoulis Four newsmen of The Fresno Bee were sentenced to jail until they would agree to answer questions as to how they obtained secret Fresno County Grand Jury testimony. The newsmen [...] Continue Reading
Proposed Resolution Condemning Islamophobia in the City of Fresno
Authors: The Central Valley Islamic Council Co-sponsors: The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, Faith in Community, Pastor Chris Breedlove, Community UCC, Pastor DJ Criner, Saint Rest Baptist Church, [...] Continue Reading
Putting Mice Before Men
The following poems were written by individuals incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, CA and Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, CA. Some of the authors are poetry and drama students [...] Continue Reading
Standing Against Bigotry & Condemning Hateful Statements of Saudi Cleric
By Reza Nekumanesh On September 6th, the highest ranking religious authority in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Abdul Aziz al-Shaykh, declared that Iranians are not Muslims because they are "...descendants of [...] Continue Reading
A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century
By George B. Kauffman A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century Edited by Luis Granados and Roy Speckhardt., Humanist Press, Washington, DC, 2014, paperback $12.99. ISBN 978-0-931779-61-9 At a [...] Continue Reading
My Mission
By Cecile Lusby In late 1954 Mama was unemployed for a few weeks; The Cudahy slaughterhouse, her former employer, was now closed and shuttered. She found work as a bookkeeper at Roos Brothers in [...] Continue Reading
Justice in Fresno – Recognizing the 1984 Sikh Genocide
By Sharnjit Purewal M.D. In the August issue of Community Alliance, Sudarshan Kapoor’s article “Anti-Sikh Violence in 1984 in India” was published, providing his perspective on the recent [...] Continue Reading