By Boston Woodard Runaway Thoughts is an anthology of hope. Creativity and courage, a creation of the POPS (pain of the prison system) school club. This collection of personal stories, essays, poems, [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Court Ruling Could Lead to Abolishment of Death Penalty: The Prison Press – November 2014
By Boston Woodard There is new hope to end state-sanctioned executions in California. In a 39-page ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney, he concluded that California’s death penalty [...] Continue Reading
Dust and Almonds: Clearing the Air – November 2014
By Tom Frantz The almond harvest finished this year a few days earlier than normal in mid-October. As usual, this activity produced a horrible 10 weeks of choking dust for many San Joaquin Valley [...] Continue Reading
The Situation Is Critical
By Jonathan Noe Luevanos Felix The Fresno Police Department (FPD) is an organized institution that stands for professionalism. The department is funded by taxpayer money to train competent [...] Continue Reading
Fireplace Burning: Clearing the Air, October 2014
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) is contemplating a change this summer to its fireplace rule, which is also known as District Rule 4901. The change [...] Continue Reading
Gandhi: An Apostle of Peace and Nonviolence
By Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor “Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.” —Albert Einstein Mahatma Gandhi, the great spiritual, [...] Continue Reading
Virak Ou: Fresno’s Adopted Son, Cambodia’s Hope
By Hannah Brandt Most Fresnans do not know that an internationally renowned human rights activist spent many years among us as a classmate, colleague, and neighbor. I certainly did not until I went [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Guidance Undercuts Public Health – September 2014
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) is making a document available to the public called Guidance for Assessing and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: Too Cruel, Not Unusual Enough
By Boston Woodard (Editor’s note: Woodard remains in administrative segregation (“The Hole”) in San Quentin. However, he is doing fine and plans to share his experience with us in the near future. He [...] Continue Reading
Moving Backward on Two Related Fronts — Clearing the Air – August 2014
By Tom Frantz Two disturbing items for air quality advocates slipped under the media radar recently. First, California is moving in the wrong direction with greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. Carbon [...] Continue Reading
Freedom According to the Zapatistas
By Patricia Wells Solorzano (Author’s note: In August 2013, after years of little news from the Zapatistas, the Escuelitas Zapatistas (little schools) took place in Zapatista territory. Some people [...] Continue Reading
Local Progressive Activists Targeted by the Fresno Police Department
By Mike Rhodes Sergeant Robert Dewey, with the Fresno Police Department (FPD), has produced a PowerPoint presentation that identifies Chris Breedlove of the College Community Congregational Church as [...] Continue Reading