By Michael D. Evans At a recent Fresno City Council meeting prior to a vote on an industrial park project, District 2 City Council Member Steve Brandau admonished one of the community groups [...] Continue Reading
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Trust Black People: Black Political Engagement in Fresno
By Sarah Hayes Trust Black Women was the trending hashtag coming out of Alabama the day after the special Senate election there. Leading into the election, coverage echoed that the outcome would [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Chief Leaving
By Tom Frantz The end of an era has come at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Seyed Sadredin is retiring after more than 10 years as the chief executive officer. A look at his [...] Continue Reading
Candidate Without a Prayer
By George B. Kauffman Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt. By Herb Silverman. Pitchstone Publishing, Charlottesville, VA. 2012, $22.95. ISBN [...] Continue Reading
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness in Fresno
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the first article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. In Fresno, the plight of unsheltered homelessness affects all but those [...] Continue Reading
City Heavy-Handed in River Access Decision
By Andy Hansen-Smith Editor’s note: Andy Hansen-Smith has been attending meetings of the Fresno City Council and the Fresno County Board of Supervisors for the past seven months. He live-tweets the [...] Continue Reading
Reaping Democracy in the Valley
By Halima Aquino, M.A. Editor’s note: “Reaping Democracy in the Valley” is the first in a series of articles from the VEEP Center for Democracy Initiatives following up on a research project [...] Continue Reading
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Explained
By Osiris Godwin If you’ve been paying attention to the Internet longer than just swiping through Facebook and Instagram, then you are sure to have heard mention of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a popular [...] Continue Reading
Chaos and Confusion at the Center: A Year Without Wisdom
By David E. Roy After living through the madness of 2017, I felt I had to make an effort to achieve some clarity and derive some meaning from the year’s intense and confusing events. One of my [...] Continue Reading
Where Is the Decency?
By Ruth Gadebusch Those of us of a certain vintage remember the question asked of a particularly rogue senator: “Sir, have you no decency?” Well, we have another rogue to whom that question might be [...] Continue Reading
A Rising Force in Madera County
By Marilyn Deleija An up-and-coming diverse group has emerged in the Central Valley: Madera Votes. Most of the members live in the city of Madera and Madera County. The mission of Madera Votes is “to [...] Continue Reading
Hmong Innovating Politics Forms Organizing Network
By Mai Thao Since 2012, Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP) has been dedicated to serving the hard-working but historically disenfranchised communities of Sacramento. To start 2018, HIP is thrilled and [...] Continue Reading