(Nota del Editor: El pasado 18 de octubre se realizaron elecciones en Bolivia y el partido MAS resultó ampliamente triunfador. Se ignora si el gobierno de facto actual aceptará entregar el [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Protecting Indoor Air Quality
By Tom Frantz How many residents of the San Joaquin Valley live in homes with swamp coolers that suck in outside air through a water-soaked mat of loose fibers and that require at least one window [...] Continue Reading
Trump’s End, Fresno County’s New Era
By Kevin Hall “There is simply not enough time to wait for us to grow up and become the ones in charge.”—Greta Thuneberg, age 16, 2018 We’re nearing the end of the most disastrous presidential [...] Continue Reading
Houston, We Have a Problem!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji The equation is getting more complex every day. In a normal Presidential election year, the duopoly is focused on presenting their candidates to suit the preferences of the [...] Continue Reading
Hedge Fund Commits to Local Journalism in the Wake of McClatchy Takeover
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
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