By Vic Bedoian McClatchy newspapers, the nation’s second largest newspaper chain, was purchased at auction by Chatham Asset Management, a New Jersey–based hedge fund. McClatchy, which began [...] Continue Reading
Columns
California Defers to the Oil Industry
By Tom Frantz For several years, environmental justice advocates in California have lobbied the legislature for a buffer zone between oil production activity and schools, hospitals and residents. [...] Continue Reading
This “Common Ground” Is too Polluted
By Kevin Hall “The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees [Celsius] and the risk of setting off irreversible chain [...] Continue Reading
The Bolivian People Are Fighting Back
By Leni Villagomez Reeves In Bolivia, unions, campesinos and indigenous people’s organizations began a general strike on Aug. 3. They are enforcing the strike with roadblocks across every major [...] Continue Reading
What If?
By Ruth Gadebusch Generally, I would rather be thinking about what is rather than what if, but we as a society are responsible for planning for our future and that requires consideration of “what [...] Continue Reading
I AM Now Free
Ode to Fred Brengelman, March 31, 1928–Sept. 24, 2019 By Richard Iyall I AM now free of pain in life! I AM now free of fear of death. I AM now free of ego’s pull. I AM now free to know my [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Unmasked: Police Reform Reveals Loyalties
By Kevin Hall (Editor’s note: As of our deadline, the Fresno Police Reform Commission was next scheduled to meet on August 10.) Like it or not, Fresno is about to take a deep dive into community [...] Continue Reading
Dereliction of Duty
By Tom Frantz This column has detailed the lack of integrity at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) for a long time. Kevin Hall wrote about illegal and insufficient [...] Continue Reading
Why Oliver Baines Shouldn’t Head Fresno Police Reform
By Kevin Hall Short answer: He’s a cop. Newly engaged Fresno activists young and old are about to get a fundamental lesson in local politics. That’s because their efforts to radically alter the [...] Continue Reading
Air District Fails Audit
By Tom Frantz For years, San Joaquin Valley clean air activists have railed against the local air district program of emission reduction credits (ERCs). This program allows new polluting projects [...] Continue Reading
Where Is the Freedom in This Land?
Free verse poem by Richard Iyall Why was this country formed, this country called United States? Did notthe founders seek their freedom and their independence from a kingwho ruled its people with [...] Continue Reading
Raisin City Water-Faucet
By Stephen Barile There is a well,a submersible-pump,pressure-tank and archaicbrass-faucet on the end of a steel-pipesticking out of the groundat the south extremity of Raisin City Park,a [...] Continue Reading