By Kevin Hall Key terms: COVID19—acronym for COronaVIrus Disease of 2019; covidiots—people who ignore COVID19 safeguards; Covfefe—a gathering of two or more covidiots. A local election night [...] Continue Reading
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Countdown to Socialism?
By Michael D. Evans Countdown to Socialism by Devin Nunes. Encounter Books, 900 Broadway, Suite 601, New York, NY10003, Paperback, $9.95. The first takeaway from Countdown to Socialism, the [...] Continue Reading
Pollution Trading and Environmental Justice
By Tom Frantz We are in a state of emergency regarding our warming climate. Our air quality is directly related as well. The combustion of fuel for energy has to end soon. If that happens, there is [...] Continue Reading
Georgia, HBCUs and the Fate of Humanity
By Kevin Hall “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of [...] Continue Reading
What Is Christmas?
By Richard Iyall Our Christmas is the time of yearto be with those you love;for sights and smells, for jingle bells;the shining star above;for ice and snow, for mistletoe;for trees in all their [...] Continue Reading
I Am Indigenous
Whitman Style Free Verse Poem by Richard D. Iyall I am indigenous to this land. Yes, I am. Indigenous I am.I am a member of the Cowlitz Tribe, whose sacred landis under siege in Washington, the [...] Continue Reading
Tearing Down Monuments
By Robin Maria DeLugan Today, as historical monuments become the sites of protest against police violence and racism, new attention is drawn to the role they play in society. A monument that is [...] Continue Reading
Trabajadores de Cuidado Infantil Enfrentan Serias Dificultades
Por Eduardo Stanley Desde el comienzo de la pandemia —en marzo 2020— unas 5.000 personas dedicadas al cuidado de niños en el estado perdieron sus empleos. A diferencia de otras áreas de la [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta: Tribute to Greatness
By Sudarshan Kapoor On Oct. 2, Fresno State celebrated the 90th birthday of Dolores Huerta (official birthday April 10 ) by planting a peace tree in her honor in the Peace Garden. Dr. Joseph I. [...] Continue Reading
Smoke!
By Tom Frantz We have suffered the effect of smoke on public health due to the wildfires this summer. It couldn’t be more obvious that serious health impairment comes as a result of breathing the [...] Continue Reading
Observing the Observers Preserves Democracy
By Kevin Hall In hyped-up times like these, the two-week lag between deadline and publication stretches out like an eternity of gaslit news cycles. Daily newscasts can barely keep up. So here’s a [...] Continue Reading
Meet Marisol Baca, First Latina Poet Laureate of Fresno
By Tim Simmers When Marisol Baca studied poetry at Fresno State in the early 2000s, she heard few women of color or marginalized voices in Fresno’s fertile poetry scene. Even before she became [...] Continue Reading