By Mike Rhodes If progressives want to win political power in Fresno and beyond, we must build a coalition that includes both organized labor and grassroots community groups. A big leap forward in [...] Continue Reading
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A Chemistry Department | Academic and Progressive
By Alex Vavoulis Nobel Laureate George Seferis said “that learning is one of the noblest exercises of man and to be learned is one of its highest desires. Education is the governing factor of [...] Continue Reading
Editing Genes in Human Embryos Raises Ethical Questions
By George B. Kauffman (Author’s note: This piece is based on Britt E. Erickson’s article, “Altering the Code of Life,” Chemical & Engineering News, June 29, 2015, Vol. 93, Issue 26, pp. [...] Continue Reading
Lawsuit for Lax Enforcement of Violence Against Women Act
By Community Alliance Staff June 19, the Law Offices of Kevin G. Little announced a lawsuit against Fresno Police officers and the City of Fresno for “the lax enforcement of the laws protecting [...] Continue Reading
The Point in Time of Smoke and Mirrors
By Ernesto Saavedra On June 15, near Church and Maple in Fresno, the bus Feliciano Franco was living in went up in flames burning him alive. He was homeless and living in the bus with permission from [...] Continue Reading
What It Looks Like to Live in a Segregated City
By Quentin Savage Fresno is a segregated city. “How?” is a better question than “Why?” but perhaps “Where?” is the most important. Have you seen it? Have you felt it? Would you know what to look for [...] Continue Reading
Freedom School A Positive Outlet
By Reverend Dr. Floyd D. Harris, Jr. It’s the dawning of a Saturday morning. Despite the forecast of triple-digit summer heat, young men and women have gathered anxiously awaiting their chance to [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Belief & Unbelief by Barbara G. Walker
By George B. Kauffman Despite the Mother’s Day publicity, our country has dropped from 31st in 2014 to 33rd place in the world’s best places to be a mother according to the 2015 Save the Children’s [...] Continue Reading
Theater Review: Last Chance to See “Jazz Man” at Fresno Soap Co.
By Cherylyn Smith “Jazz Man,” an original play by Art Cano, is the story of Gus Friedman, a jazz trumpeter of stunning talent and uncompromising integrity, whose life experiences take him from the [...] Continue Reading
JD HOME RENTALS ATTEMPT TO SILENCE THE COMMUNITY
By No More Slumlords No More Slumlords recently released an investigative report looking into the city of Fresno’s relationship with JD Home Rentals. In response to that investigative report, we [...] Continue Reading
Nunes Calls for San Joaquin River Salmon to Go Extinct
By Gary Lasky In a lengthy, conspiracy-tinged June 12 letter to Investor’s Business Daily, Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) gives free rein to his interesting fantasies about the incredible clout of [...] Continue Reading
The Divide in Fresno
By Kathy G. Ayala Inequalities and its history still linger and resonate within our cities and expand globally. In Fresno, we experience a divide—a division cutting through the city horizontally [...] Continue Reading