By Tom Frantz On June 3, 2015, an interesting lawsuit was filed by farmers in Kern County against Governor Jerry Brown, a few regulators and a couple of big oil companies. The lawsuit claims there [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno Fire Chief to Address NWPC
By Susan McCall Carrasco Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis, who broke through the glass ceiling to become the first woman to hold that position in the Fresno Fire Department’s 130-year-plus history, will [...] Continue Reading
Alternatives to Violence Project
By Irene Serrano Alternatives to Violence San Joaquin Valley will hold a mini workshop on July 11 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bethany Inner City Church (2305 E. Stanislaus St.). The workshop is open to [...] Continue Reading
2016 Presidential Candidate Assessment Grid (UPDATED)
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji As progressives, we should lead and not resort to compromising our principles. The strength of our convictions rather than political expediency should drive our ballot [...] Continue Reading
Emotional Beginnings
By Ernesto Saavedra In the late 1990s, psychologist Daniel Goleman proposed that how one views and understands their own emotions and others’ emotions, and how one deals with them, is a form of [...] Continue Reading
Perpetual Destruction of the Middle East
By Andre Vltchek I stood on metal beams—remains of a highway bridge that used to connect two shores of the Khazer River. I was told that the river was just a few miles from the city of Mosul. I could [...] Continue Reading
Environmental Justice Bus Tour
By Ernesto Saavedra On May 12, the Fresno Environmental Reporting Network (FERN) hosted an Environmental Justice Bus Tour. This was for various nonprofit and government agencies to gain and share [...] Continue Reading
San Joaquin River Parkway Affected by Drought
By Hannah Brandt On a sunny spring day in March, the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust played host to this journalist and a few dozen sixth graders from Madera Unified. The schools are [...] Continue Reading
Why You Should Join the Central Valley Progressive PAC
*** The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC *** By Mike Rhodes CVPPAC (Central Valley Progressive PAC) president Pam Whalen asked everyone at the organization’s [...] Continue Reading
PROGRESSIVE VOICE: 2016 Presidential Candidate Assessment Grid
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji As progressives, we should lead and not resort to compromising our principles. The strength of our convictions rather than political expediency should drive our ballot [...] Continue Reading
Take Action on Climate Change
By Connie Young When is the last time that you allowed yourself to use the terms climate change and hope in the same sentence in your thoughts, let alone say them aloud? Most people are more likely [...] Continue Reading
Visit Cuba with Pastors for Peace
By Leni Reeves It’s a good year for those who have wanted to go on a Pastors for Peace Caravan. There will still be optional U.S. bus routes—in Fresno on July 7, so please come see us off—but there [...] Continue Reading