By Brian Bobbitt Recently, I spoke with a homeless man about the homeless campground plans for the city of Fresno. Brett Horgan is homeless. His “area” is the Blackstone/Barstow intersection, [...] Continue Reading
Editorial
From the Editor — July 2019
By Elsa Mejía Dear Reader, The annual Community Alliance fund-raiser on June 15 drew about 100 longtime and new supporters of our newspaper to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Fresno. For [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — May 2019
Elsa Mejía Dear Reader, On May Day, we commemorate the struggles and gains made by workers and the labor movement. And living in a time when even a livable wage is a topic for fierce debate, [...] Continue Reading
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — April 2019
The Conscience of “Hate Radio”? We’ve met self-styled “hate radio” personalities on mainstream news. These are the people who sometimes call themselves actors. They don’t shy away from the term [...] Continue Reading
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — April 2019
The Conscience of “Hate Radio”? We’ve met self-styled “hate radio” personalities on mainstream news. These are the people who sometimes call themselves actors. They don’t shy away from the term [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — April 2019
Dear Reader, This edition is bittersweet because April marks my one-year anniversary as editor, while I face the disheartening reality that this might be the last printed issue allowing access to [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — April 2019
Dear Reader, This edition is bittersweet because April marks my one-year anniversary as editor, while I face the disheartening reality that this might be the last printed issue allowing access to [...] Continue Reading
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — March 2019
“Somebody Cares” Planning to avoid social problems is much less expensive than reactionary solutions that never speak to cause. Example: Well-maintained public parks have been proven to reduce [...] Continue Reading
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — March 2019
“Somebody Cares” Planning to avoid social problems is much less expensive than reactionary solutions that never speak to cause. Example: Well-maintained public parks have been proven to reduce [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — February 2019
Dear Reader, Americans rang in the New Year with a federal government shutdown that thinned and emptied the pockets of thousands of working families, all under the guise of border security. After [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — February 2019
Dear Reader, Americans rang in the New Year with a federal government shutdown that thinned and emptied the pockets of thousands of working families, all under the guise of border security. After [...] Continue Reading
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — February 2019
Behavior Guidelines at Fresno State When the Fresno Bee reported on this subject in its Dec. 28, 2018, issue, I felt like I was in a time warp and the campus was heading into an academician’s [...] Continue Reading