The Black Past in American History Anne Moody was born on Sept. 15, 1940, on a rural plantation in Mississippi owned by a Mr. Carter. In her famous autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Paul Robeson: The Tallest Tree
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a new monthly column). Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, N.J., on April 9, 1898. His mother, Maria Louisa Bustill, was married to Reverend [...] Continue Reading
Survival of the Fittest
Many people assume that conflicts in the Middle East and surrounding regions are primarily driven by religion or the actions of extremist groups. While these factors are often highlighted in modern [...] Continue Reading
Trump and Schwarzenegger Share Values
(Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Fresno Bee on Aug. 28.) Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced his opposition to current governor Gavin Newsom’s [...] Continue Reading
SOS! SOS! SOS!
Did you hear that glub, glub, glub sound like the last gasp for air before sinking irretrievably under the water? Or was it our forefathers turning over twirling in their graves as the mob’s feet [...] Continue Reading
Political Privilege, Pipelines and Pollution
(Editor’s note: The author has contributed to the Sandra Celedon for Assembly campaign.) Turns out the privilege that sees mediocre students ushered into top colleges as legacy admissions and [...] Continue Reading
Words Are Insufficient
Never did we expect to see our nation collapse—explode?—in slow motion in our time. We have long known that all the great empires of history had sooner or later collapsed, but we thought we were the [...] Continue Reading
California Democrats’ Collapse
With Governor Gavin Newsom firmly in the lead, the Golden State’s Democratic Party is collapsing faster than an alpine glacier. Buried beneath the landslide of their servile politics are homeless [...] Continue Reading
Measure C Conclave Convenes
The doors have slammed shut and the public pushed out of the Fresno County transportation sales tax renewal effort’s inner sanctum. The great unwashed are being told to pray for the best and wait for [...] Continue Reading
A Sad State of Affairs
It isn’t just our nation in a sad state of affairs but our entire world for which we have long been considered the leader. Actually, it isn’t just sad, it is frightening. Yes, I know the older [...] Continue Reading
Gorging at the Public Trough
While covering the recent special election win by Brandon Vang to the Fresno City Council District 5 to replace newly elected Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez, I dug into the campaign finances of [...] Continue Reading
Chavez Hails Trump, Costa Caves
The tentacles of the ongoing fascist coup d’etat are touching Fresno in some surprising and not so surprising ways. Trump’s blitz on the rule of law, taken right from the 1933 Nazi playbook, revealed [...] Continue Reading