By Simone Whalen-Rhodes The sun blinds me as I jump on the 180 West heading to Murder Park’s evening practice. The freeway slowly melts away into Whites Bridge Road, passing orchards and small plots [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Studies Prove: Knowing More Than Other People Makes You Happy!
By Kaylia Metcalfe OK, I’ll admit it. I skim. I see headlines, I nod along if I agree, shake my head if I don’t and many times move on to the next sensational headline in my Facebook newsfeed. (Or, [...] Continue Reading
Women, Power, Love, Death and Psycho
By Alfonso C. Hernandez Why do you live in the South San Joaquin Valley? Friends ask me intermittently over the years because they know that all forms of art are essential for me. One or two of the [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – March 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
Why They Still Suffer
By Leonard Adame I didn’t like the statues, which to me were real people frozen forever. I wanted to know why they were in pain and crumpled, always looking down at me, the blame in their eyes making [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – March 2013
By John Crockford Maps Apple endured some recent bad press over its mapping software problems, so I thought we would go over some map stuff this month. OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org/) is a [...] Continue Reading
Friendcore: A Vibrant Music Scene in Fresno
By Simone Whalen-Rhodes Having lived in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area I am well aware, as many are, of the bad rap that Fresno gets. On top of the many social and economic problems that our city [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – February 2013
Thanks, Fresno, for a Real Christmas Miracle [The] Inmate Family Council and collaborating churches knew it was time to get the Goodie Bags ready for the ladies in Chowchilla Prison. The warden told [...] Continue Reading
Guest Editorial for Black History Month: Black-Latino Unity Key to Working-Class Unity
By Salvador Sandoval With the start of a new year, it is fitting to look back at history to see where we have been to get our bearings as to where we are headed. U.S. history is permeated by the [...] Continue Reading
Coming Out, the Choice Is Yours
By Kaylia M. Metcalfe The LGBT community is made up of men, women, individuals who don’t identify as either, tall people, short people, liberals, conservatives, gun-wielding rednecks and Ivy League [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – February 2013
Petitioning the President The White House has a Web site called “We the People” that “provides a new way to petition the Obama administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our [...] Continue Reading