By Vanna Nauk Editor’s note: This article was originally published with references by the Valley Public History Project at Tropics of Meta: [...] Continue Reading
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WILPF – May 2017
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday May 11 at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK May 3 (first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
Here Is How We Are Building a Progressive Movement
By Mike Rhodes The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC The Central Valley Progressive PAC has launched a social media campaign targeting young people, [...] Continue Reading
Working from the “Grassroots Up”
By David Derby My wife and I witnessed something during the first week of the Trump administration that sent us reeling with outrage as we witnessed an evil that some say had constituted the most [...] Continue Reading
Trumpcare scare leads to single payer bill in California
By Emily Cameron On February 17, state senators Ricardo Lara and Toni Atkins introduced SB-562, the Californians for A Healthy California Act, into the California state legislature. The bill is yet [...] Continue Reading
ICE Recruitment at Fresno State Career Fair Prompts Protest
By Community Alliance Staff During the second week of March, the administration of CSU Fresno sent out the following letter to students. From: CSU Fresno President Castro Subject: Border Patrol and [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April 2017
By Hannah Brandt The last few weeks many have been focused on healthcare. In a whirlwind of brutality and incompetence, the GOP health plan/Trumpcare imploded before our eyes. It had some of the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2017
Ballot Observation News!! Emily Cameron Clovis, CA I started off as a Bernie volunteer with a mission to monitor the Registrar of Voters so our candidate would be treated fairly. What we saw was much [...] Continue Reading
WHY CUBA?
By Leni Reeves Find out for yourself. The Caravan will be in Fresno on Tuesday, April 25. We will share accurate and up-to-date information about Cuba, U.S.-Cuba relations, and what needs to be done [...] Continue Reading
May Day 2017
Immigrants and their supporters continue to reel from the rapid succession of Executive Orders and anti-immigrant measures launched by the Trump Administration. Trump and conservatives in Congress [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Public be Damned!
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) recently released their annual report to the community. It is a collection of misleading information describing the [...] Continue Reading
A Border Agent Took My Sister and Me Into a Closet and Sexually Assaulted Us
By Clarita* Warning: This piece contains descriptions of sexual assault experienced by the author by a U.S. immigration officer. (Editor’s Note: This account was originally published on the website [...] Continue Reading