By Leni Villagomez Reeves Elections? Aren’t elections how we are supposed to choose our leader in a democracy? Only if the result is what the multinational corporate interests want. In Bolivia, [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Bernie Sanders Wows Fresno and the Central Valley Again!
By Yezdyar “Yez” Kaoosji The Fresno City College Jazz Band entertained a “yuuge” crowd of more than 3,000 enthusiastic supporters as they got ready to welcome Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.). They [...] Continue Reading
Eviction Epidemic
By Tim Simmers There’s an eviction epidemic spreading in this country that’s driving families into a cycle of poverty they can’t escape, according to author Matthew Desmond, who’s book Evicted won [...] Continue Reading
A Renters’ Victory in Madera
By Eduardo Stanley Last October, 30 families living in the Laguna Knoll apartment complex of Madera received a no-fault 60-day eviction. This decision sparked the reaction of City Council Member [...] Continue Reading
“Until Living Becomes Worth It”: Notes from the Chilean Uprising
By Romina A. Green Rioja It has been a short time since the mass protests began in Chile, and it already feels as though the country has changed. What started as an organized student movement to [...] Continue Reading
Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises
By Conn M. Hallinan When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas on Sept. 4 that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a [...] Continue Reading
The View from Above
By Tom Frantz On a Saturday morning in early November, several people, including myself, boarded a Cessna T210 for a flight around the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The Valley was in the [...] Continue Reading
The Air We Breathe Makes Us Sick
By Dr. Rosanna Esparza There’s no getting around the appalling air pollution in California’s San Joaquin Valley, and the situation is about to get worse. The Trump administration’s proposal to [...] Continue Reading
Palast Exposes Voter Suppression
By Michael D. Evans Greg Palast, a reporter with U.K. newspaper The Guardian and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election, headlined the Fresno Free College [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: A Feast of Science
By George B. Kauffman A Feast of Science: Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life by Dr. Joe Schwarcz. ECW Press, 665 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, Canada M4M IY2, 2018, Paperback, [...] Continue Reading
Behind the Scenes at the Pharmacy
Everyone goes to the pharmacy at one time or another. But how much do we know about what goes on behind the scenes there? Pharmacy manager Dr. Sheena Abedini, who works in a supermarket pharmacy in [...] Continue Reading
We Must Choose Our Future
By Tom Frantz There is overwhelming scientific consensus on global warming. Since the Industrial Revolution, our planet has warmed about one degree Celsius. We already have witnessed significant [...] Continue Reading