By Ernesto Saavedra The meaning of life and our place in it; two great mountains we climb endlessly as we evolve into our being because we never seem to reach the top. The galaxy gives us direction, [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Building Community, One Mural at a Time
Interview by the Community Alliance For another year, the Fresno Fair made its way to town. Amid all the usual rides, petting zoos and fried greasy food, there was another thing bringing people [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Immigrant Youth in Action: Running for Liberation
By Yesenia Valdez Fresno Immigrant Youth in Action (FIYA) is a grassroots community organization dedicated to empowering immigrant youth and families to advocate for immigrant rights. The FIYA is [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner
Edited by Richard Stone We have two poems this month, both from previously printed writers, both in still-pained response to our country’s racist legacy. The first is by Alfonso Hernandez of Three [...] Continue Reading
What’s So Deadly about Dust?
By Hannah Brandt With the surge in Valley Fever cases over the past few years, are we amid a new Dust Bowl? If you live outside California or the Southwest, you may never have heard of Valley Fever, [...] Continue Reading
Celebration of Life While Mourning the Loss
By Kaylia Metcalfe This month marks the 17th year where groups from all over the world will gather together on Nov. 20 and participate in Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) events. TDoR is a [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno LGBT Community Center Is Moving…and Needs Your Help
By Kaylia Metcalfe In 2011, when Gay Central Valley (GCV) decided to have a physical office and by extension a one room, less than 100-square-foot LGBT Community Center, they had no idea the events [...] Continue Reading
Laurie Lewis Coming to Fresno
By Rick Flores One of the first times Laurie Lewis ever played in public was at the studios of KPFA in Berkeley. It happened late at night on Gert Chiarito’s folk music show. She was 14. Her dad [...] Continue Reading
Youth Homelessness: The Homestretch
The Homestretch, a powerful documentary about youth homelessness, will be screened in Fresno at the Sierra Vista Cinemas on Nov. 19–20. The film provides unprecedented access into public schools and [...] Continue Reading
Day-of-the-Dead Sugar Skull Recipe
By Abigail Janzen Sugar skulls are traditionally used on Nov. 1 and 2 for the Day-of-the-Dead in Mexico. This tradition is widely practiced in other countries as well. Sugar skulls, along with [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Tell No Lies
By Mike Rhodes The early 1970s were an amazing time to be young and alive in the Central Valley. There was a sense of excitement, hope and a belief that we were about to change the world. It is in [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Holidays and Other Disasters
By George B. Kauffman Holidays and Other Disasters by John G. Rodwan, Jr., considers the major U.S. holidays from an atheist’s perspective. It specifically examines religious holidays, those that [...] Continue Reading