By George B. Kauffman Donald J. Trump is terrified of Omarosa Manigault Newman, who he trained and who is beating him at his own game. She knows how to handle the press. He’s doing everything to [...] Continue Reading
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Impeach Trump with Our Prayers
By Marc Keyser President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because Comey would not drop the Trump-Russia investigation, and that’s obstruction of justice. The Republican-controlled Congress said [...] Continue Reading
A Nightmare from Immigration to Tariffs
By Ruth Gadebusch Who would have thought the immigration fiasco would still be festering. And fiasco is the mildest name we could designate! Congress has had ample time to fix it but continues to let [...] Continue Reading
Community Activism Delivers
By Vic Bedoian Will Arvin’s new oil ordinance translate into environmental justice gains in other hard-hit San Joaquin Valley towns? Juan Flores, a Delano-based community organizer with the Center on [...] Continue Reading
Fresno City Council Recognizes Mike Rhodes
The Fresno City Council acknowledged local journalist, newspaper publisher and political activist Mike Rhodes with a day in his honor. Rhodes is widely respected in the community for his decades of [...] Continue Reading
Arvin’s Oil Ordinance Points the Way Toward Environmental Justice in the Valley
By Vic Bedoian In July, the City of Arvin made a decision that could become a landmark of environmental justice throughout the state. The City Council passed an ordinance regulating oil-drilling [...] Continue Reading
Richard Stone Was a Beloved Member of the Progressive Community
By Mike Rhodes Talking to Avigdar Adams, Richard Stone’s domestic partner for 46 years, you get a sense of the rich life Richard lived. He was on the Editorial Board of the Community Alliance [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Poor Air Quality Is Causing Diabetes
By Tom Frantz This article is about diabetes. Diabetes is related to air quality because fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) has been recently proven, without a doubt, to be a significant cause [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Supervisors Formally Oppose Values Act
By Raul Pickett The Tulare County Board of Supervisors recently voted to support the federal government’s suit against the enactment of the State of California’s Values Act (SB 54), which proclaimed [...] Continue Reading
March Against Walls and the Separation of Families
By Stan Santos On June 18, during a demonstration held at the Federal Courthouse in Fresno, it was announced that a march against injustice would take place to include several westside Fresno County [...] Continue Reading
A Step too Far
By Ruth Gadebusch After days, months waiting, a Republican has finally criticized our president! As I have observed the actions of this man I have long questioned where the responsible adults in the [...] Continue Reading
Let’s Laugh Him Out of Our House
By Beth Linder Carr President Trump was just in London, and if he looked up when he got there, he would have been face to grimacing face with a 20-foot tall baby blimp facsimile of himself, cell phone [...] Continue Reading