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
Arts & Culture
Letters to the Editor – October 2014
Clarification My letter in the August edition responding to our editor’s July editorial seems to have been open to misinterpretation. I’ve been asked if my partial disagreement with his commentary [...] Continue Reading
Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
By the October 22 Fresno Committee The 19th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation in Fresno will occur on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the [...] Continue Reading
Collaboration and Contradictions: Can Progressive Groups Work Together?
By Richard Stone On Aug. 21, a meeting was co-hosted by the Fresno Partnership and Fresno Metro Ministry to explore possibilities of wider collaboration. An expansive array of groups was [...] Continue Reading
The Ultimate Progressive Conference: Progressive Religion October 2014
By David E. Roy A major Earth-saving Event, slowly being assembled at Pomona College in Claremont, will be launched on June 3, 2015. The overall purpose and many of the topics are exceptionally [...] Continue Reading
Bhangra Bboys Breakbeats: Exploring Identities through the Arts
By Ernesto Saavedra On Oct. 4, beats and cultural barriers will be broken. Bhangra Bboys Breakbeats (BBB) will make its way to Fresno to showcase the unique and powerful blend of traditional [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – October 2014
Edited by Richard Stone This month’s selections are by Wayne Warkentin, longtime peace activist, a board member of Peace Fresno for five years, an environmentalist (Sierra Club, Earth First! [...] Continue Reading
Latin American Film Festival
By the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies The Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies (CLAS) has announced the second annual Latin American Film Festival. The mission of the [...] Continue Reading
Indigenous Migrants Celebrate Their Guelaguetza in Fresno
By Erika C. Encinas As summer is ending and the color of trees is changing, indigenous communities are getting ready for their annual festival in Fresno. Every September, the Binational Center for [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Reel Pride Hosts 25th Annual Film Festival
By Justin Kamimoto It was 25 years ago this fall that Fresno State student organization GLBSA (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Student Alliance) participated in the third annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD). [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – September 2014
Edited by Richard Stone Bob Navarro is well-known in our community as a lawyer active in civil rights affairs and as a Film Works Board member. Who knew he is also a poet—though I do remember he [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: The Communal Mind and the Master Artifice
By Alex Vavoulis The Communal Mind and the Master Artifice by Helen Sullivan. 2009. It is impossible for someone to read this remarkable book without thinking about the contemporary scene in [...] Continue Reading