By Mai Thao Since 2012, Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP) has been dedicated to serving the hard-working but historically disenfranchised communities of Sacramento. To start 2018, HIP is thrilled and [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Clearing the Air: California Dairies Are Unsustainable
By Tom Frantz The factory dairies of the San Joaquin Valley contribute more to our air pollution and global warming than any other sector. Their onsite ammonia and VOC emissions plus the thousands of [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Rufino Dominguez
By Eduardo Stanley On Nov. 11, well-known immigrant and indigenous people’s rights activist Rufino Dominguez Santos, 52, died in Fresno. Dominguez was the co-founder of the Binational Front of [...] Continue Reading
All Good Things…
By Tiffany A. Potter As I’ve gotten older, I have learned, even welcomed, the adventure that is life. At some point, I began to realize that there was nothing to fear and that, in fact, I was capable [...] Continue Reading
#MeToo
By Tiffany A. Potter At the time of our deadline, and the weeks prior, we’ve experienced a storm surge of sexual harassment and molestation stories and allegations nationally. From Hollywood elites [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Biomass | Recycle or Burn?
By Tom Frantz On Nov. 7 and 8, a Biomass Summit was hosted by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier. The purpose [...] Continue Reading
Make the Break (If You Can)
By George B. Kauffman Make the Break (If You Can) by Dr. Reginald J. Exton (Author), Roy Speckhardt (Editor), Humanist Press, 1777 T St. NW, Washington, D.C., 2012, $9.99. ISBN 9780931779268. NASA [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: Irma
By Tiffany A. Potter Sleeves up. Hearts open. All in. (Our daily mantra) Oh, what a difference 30 days can make. The space between this time last month and today broke me open. In the last few [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Angry White Men and Air Quality
By Tom Frantz Here are three items that might be of interest to those whose health is affected by local air quality. First, the air quality index (AQI) used by the local air district needs to be [...] Continue Reading
Still Imprisoned
By Boston Woodard During my youth, I was no doubt the poster child for irredeemable miscreants. I was a young thug running wild, unchecked, with no respect for others. I was a criminal. In 1973, I [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Ozone Implosion
By Tom Frantz As the dust-reddened sun rose over the city, residents reluctantly crawled out of bed shaking off headaches from oxygen deprivation due to a night of breathing dirty air. Talking heads [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Link to Chemistry Week
By George B. Kauffman In his official proclamation, Fresno Mayor Lee Brand cited the following reasons for declaring October 22–28 National Chemistry Week (NCW) in the City of Fresno: Chemistry [...] Continue Reading