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
Columns
Clearing the Air: Myths and Facts about Truck Pollution
By Tom Frantz Without a doubt, a significant portion of our pollution comes from large diesel trucks. They emit about a third of all the nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions in the Valley. The oil industry, [...] Continue Reading
Income Inequality
By George B. Kauffman Income inequality, both globally in general and in the United States in particular, has been receiving increasingly accelerating attention recently as the disadvantaged 1% [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: San Quentin Prison Report: Communication via Incarceration – July 2014
By Boston Woodard “True public safety will be achieved by freeing minds, not restricting bodies.” —Troy Williams Prison walls work both ways; they not only keep prisoners from society but also [...] Continue Reading
About the Cover: The Personal Is Political
By Ernesto Saavedra Arts and culture have always played a critical role in shifting the mind-set of the masses in a way that crosses all barriers. That visual aspect of the movement brings the [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Embracing New Sources of Pollution
By Tom Frantz There may be a need to clear up public misunderstandings about different types of air pollution. Under the federal Clean Air Act, there are several different categories of harmful air [...] Continue Reading
The Great Fresno County Bicycle Coalition Tour of 2014: Why It Is What It Is
By Alec Kimmel Whenever I bring up the idea of how great it would be if the City of Fresno focused its efforts to promote bicycle use on the construction of bicycle trails, inevitably someone asks, [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: Death Row: A Different Perspective
By Boston Woodard I wasn’t sentenced to death before coming to prison, but wound up on death row, not literally where I would eventually be executed via California’s state-sanctioned death penalty [...] Continue Reading
The Barrio Art Collective Manifesto
Editor’s note: This is a public service announcement from the Barrio Art Collective, which is dedicated to all of the people in the struggle in the barrios, alleys and marginalized areas in Fresno and [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Ozone From China and Emission Reduction Credits
By Tom Frantz Sometimes you just have to laugh when you read about San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (the Air District) attempts to pass the blame for our air pollution onto sources [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: Power Players Visit San Quentin
By Boston Woodard On a quiet night in San Quentin, you can hear the sounds of rehabilitation in progress coming from the small arts room on the upper yard. And, from time to time, you will meet [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Strictest Air Pollution Rules Not in San Joaquin Valley – April 2014
By Tom Frantz The Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ) and other air quality advocates have long stated the need for tighter rules on the Valley’s biggest stationary sources of pollution. [...] Continue Reading