By Tom Frantz Guess what is dirtier than an old diesel truck hauling dead cows to a rendering plant in West Fresno? The answer is a wood stove. According to a Danish paper on the dangers of wood [...] Continue Reading
Columns
The State of the Union
(26 days into this new administration at the time of writing/deadline) I’m finding it hard to breathe these days. Everything that I was fearful of on Nov. 9th, the morning after our election, [...] Continue Reading
Former Community Alliance Editor Visits State Prison Creative Writing Guild
By Boston Woodard It was great to meet my friend of 12 years for the first time. Mike Rhodes, former editor of the Community Alliance and author of Dispatches From The War Zone, spoke to members of [...] Continue Reading
The Pachamama Alliance
By Carolyn Murphy With the world and its institutions appearing more unstable every day, it is difficult to find a place to focus our energies with any optimism. The Pachamama Alliance, founded [...] Continue Reading
DARWIN DAY
By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. Mayor Lee Brand has proclaimed February 12, 2017 to be “Darwin Day in the City of Fresno.” As our nation prepares to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the [...] Continue Reading
Locked Out
By Tiffany A. Potter Have you ever experienced a moment of sheer panic? A moment in time that has caught you so completely off guard that it takes a minute to process what’s actually happening? I’ve [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Wheezing and Choking in Malaga
By Tom Frantz A trip down South Chestnut Ave, in Fresno, will take you past Malaga a half mile north of Highway 99. A little over 200 homes, a school, and a park make up this small, [...] Continue Reading
Ashley Swearengin’s Eight Years of Inequity and Neglect: Part 1
By Kevin Hall The central San Joaquin Valley with its economic base of industrial agriculture has been likened to a modern-day plantation system. As such, north Fresno is one of its antebellum [...] Continue Reading
Understanding the Political Landscape of the City
- The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC - By Mike Rhodes Looking at the changing demographics of Fresno and voter registration numbers favoring the [...] Continue Reading
Universal Heart | A profile of Muralist Mauro Carrera
By Hannah Brandt If you search Creative Fresno’s innovative and extensive Digital Mural Map of Fresno, Mauro Carrera’s Fulton Street work is called Universal Heart. The artist, who began making murals [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Demanding Clean Air in 2017
By Tom Frantz As the new year begins, residents of the San Joaquin Valley continue to gasp air permeated with pollution levels well above national and world health standards. During the winter, high [...] Continue Reading
25 Months
By Tiffany A. Potter Well, loves, this month marks our 25th month together. Three Januarys ago was my first column, my very first foray into being a columnist. I had no idea what I was doing, probably [...] Continue Reading