By Paul Thomas Jackson The civil rights of people—whether homeless or stably housed—are also at stake in encounters and detentions by police, whose duties are ever more burdensome. As of 2016, the [...] Continue Reading
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WILPF – June 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday June 9, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK June 1, first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
Havana, Cuba
By Santos Garcia Today I fulfilled a lifelong dream. I have always wanted to travel from Madera to Cuba. As part of a 34-member Labor delegation from California, union members from the San Joaquin [...] Continue Reading
BOYCOTT DRISCOLL’S | Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State
By Hannah Brandt “Do you have brothers or sisters or someone close to you who is eight-years-old? I’m sure none of us would like a child this age to be lifting fruit for ten hours a day. In San [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance The Next Generation Fundraiser Event
On April 16, 2016, Community Alliance newspaper held a happy hour fundraiser at the Unitarian Universalist church in Fresno. Around 100 people attended. Former editor Mike Rhodes read from and [...] Continue Reading
Before You Vote on June 7
By Chip Ashley We are in the midst of a historic presidential campaign, and the commercial media focus mostly on Donald Trump, the latest circus in the “bread and circuses” offered up as “news” to a [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
By Tom Frantz Recent visitors to the Sierra Mountains above the San Joaquin Valley are shocked to see the dead and dying trees of these once magnificent forests. This devastation is spreading from [...] Continue Reading
SHEDDING A TEAR
By Ruth Gadebusch Valuable rain spring has come to Fresno, but there is no joy seeing the chopped up trees and wrapped art pieces being removed from the Fulton Mall. Elsewhere in the city one can [...] Continue Reading
Gravitational Waves
By George B. Kauffman The most recent universally acclaimed science story is without doubt the discovery of gravitational waves. In a galaxy a billion light years away (a light year is more than 6 [...] Continue Reading
Building a War Abolition / Peace Movement
By David Swanson for Peace Fresno At least ninety percent of humanity is represented by governments that wage war much less than the U.S. government. Over ninety-nine percent of people in the United [...] Continue Reading
Two Lawyers Walk into a Bar. And Get Kicked Out for Being Black.
By Abre’ Conner and Novella Coleman (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at ACLUNC. org. It is reprinted with permission from ACLU Northern California) ACLU lawyers are used to [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC Endorsement Meeting
*** The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC *** City of Fresno - Mayor and City Council County of Fresno - Board of Supervisors Fresno County Democratic Party [...] Continue Reading