By Tiffany A. Potter I am happy to state the obvious in reporting that we have made it through another year, collectively and as individuals. We had been given another year to grow, to atone, to [...] Continue Reading
Columns
High School Club Cofounders Visit State Prison
By Boston Woodard On Sept. 18, a first of its kind symposium was held inside the California Medical Facility (CMF) state prison in Vacaville. POPS (Pain of the Prison System) the Club is for students [...] Continue Reading
POETRY CORNER
Poetry Behind Bars The following poems were written by individuals incarcerated in Valley State Prison in Chowchilla. Some of the authors are poetry and drama students from the Alliance for [...] Continue Reading
Spain
By Alex Vavoulis Spain by Nikos Kazantzakis (translated by Amy Mims). Ditros, Athens, 1957; English edition, Simon and Schuster, 1963. Nikos Kazantzakis is one of the great literary figures of the [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Harming Children with Air Pollution Is Criminal
By Tom Frantz A serious incident involving harm to scores of children occurred on Nov. 14 in Kern County. It happened at the Kern County Soccer Park where the American Youth Soccer Organization [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Speaks at Central Valley Progressive PAC Event
By Hannah Brandt On Sept. 27, the Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVP PAC) hosted union organizer and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta at the home of Pat Wolk. It was a time to [...] Continue Reading
Having It All
By Tiffany A. Potter Five and a half years ago, when my company was a brand new baby to the world (as all businesses created typically become the creator’s child), when I hadn’t a logo or tax [...] Continue Reading
Professor and Radio Host To Take Action Against Georgia
By Floyd D. Harris, Jr., and Jean Kennedy Dr. Jean Kennedy, a professor and radio host who spends time in both California and Georgia, plans to submit an Action Plan to the California State Senate [...] Continue Reading
Just Mercy
By Maria Telesco Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. Spiegel & Grau, 348 pages, $15. Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called him “America’s Nelson [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Not Only Carmakers Cheating on Emissions, Local Industry Causes Suffering for Thousands
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) supposedly had no clue that a local factory, right under its nose in Fresno County, was polluting the air at many [...] Continue Reading
Shenandoah
By George B. Kauffman Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal by Sue Eisenfeld. University of Nebraska Press, $19.95 (paperback). Award-winning writer, hiker and history lover Sue Eisenfeld [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: Memories and Thanks
By Tiffany A. Potter Storyland reopened on Sept. 4, and I couldn’t be happier for it. I consider it a jewel of this town that we live in (a town that outsiders seldom have anything nice to say [...] Continue Reading