In a Merced Sun-Star interview (Oct. 1, 2025) following his brief presentation (on Sept. 9, 2025) to the Merced County Board of Supervisors, Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke dismissed the California [...] Continue Reading
Immigration
The Icemen Cometh
In the 1939 play The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill, the “iceman” symbolizes a harsh truth that dispels illusions. In our time, the ICE branch of the federal government, along with the Border [...] Continue Reading
The Authoritarian Graveyard
Say Their Names Say the names of some of those that have died in ICE custody this year: Ismael Ayala Uribe, Chao Feng Ge, Isidro Perez, Marie Ange Blaise, Maksym Chemyak, Brayan Rayo-Garzon and [...] Continue Reading
Half of Farmworkers Are Food Insecure
The Central Valley is a fertile farm belt that expands for about 20,000 square miles and supplies one-fourth of the nation’s food. Fresno County alone is considered one of the most agriculturally [...] Continue Reading
Original Campaña Para Enfrentar la Narrativa Contra los Inmigrantes
El Comité de Servicio de los Amigos Americanos (American Friends Service Committee, AFSC por sus siglas en inglés), una organización Cuáquera pacifista creada hace más 100 años y que obtuvo el Premio [...] Continue Reading
Las Políticas de Trump Están Aplastando los Sueños de los Emprendedores Inmigrantes
(Nota del editor: esta nota se reproduce con el permiso de American Community Media) Las pequeñas empresas, los mayores creadores de empleo en Estados Unidos, se enfrentan a los efectos adversos [...] Continue Reading
Blue Triangle Symbolizes Immigrant Solidarity
In the face of escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy, a growing movement is drawing a stark and necessary line from the past to the present. With the launch of the Blue Triangle Solidarity [...] Continue Reading
Un Estado Policial, Inestable, Dividido, Autoritario, Hostil: no es Corea del Norte
(Nota del editor: esta nota se reproduce con el permiso de HispanicLA.com) Desde el inicio de la administración Trump hemos reportado centenares de redadas migratorias lanzadas en todo el país—pero [...] Continue Reading
Blue Triangle Symbolizes Immigrant Solidarity
In the face of escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy, a growing movement is drawing a stark and necessary line from the past to the present. With the launch of the Blue Triangle Solidarity [...] Continue Reading
Hypocrisy on the Immigration Issue
The controversy surrounding Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias and his comment about a possible ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raid on a flea market last month is further evidence of [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Government Repeatedly Attacks Mexican-Americans
Farmworker labor and community organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino came to the United States as a child and had applied for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). In March 2025, he was [...] Continue Reading
Silencing Due Process Is Here and Now
There are many expressions of resistance to the authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government. It is happening through demonstrations large and small, with investigative reporting, displayed in [...] Continue Reading