By Anthony Bencomo As the World Cup approaches and soccer fans grow with anticipation, Brazil’s poorest citizens are faced with the realities of a militarized neighborhood. Similar to what happened [...] Continue Reading
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Income Inequality
By George B. Kauffman Income inequality, both globally in general and in the United States in particular, has been receiving increasingly accelerating attention recently as the disadvantaged 1% [...] Continue Reading
2014 Primary Elections: Yes, It Matters (a lot)
By Michael D. Evans Off-year elections historically have poor voter turnout. The electorate gets excited during presidential election years but typically fails to grasp the importance of the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Progressives: Developing a Unified Voice to Win Political Power
By Mike Rhodes Is it possible to build a movement in Fresno and the Central Valley that amplifies the message of progressives and develops a strategic plan to win local political power? Activists in [...] Continue Reading
Ashley Swearengin’s Economic Agenda: Hobby Lobby for Us All
(Editor’s note: This article was originally published online (www.canowpac.org) by the National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committee.) Ashley Swearengin’s reputation as a moderate [...] Continue Reading
The Fulton Mall: It Can Still Be Saved
By Ray McKnight Despite the unfortunate actions by the Fresno City Council on Feb. 27 and the misleading headline the next morning in the Fresno Bee, the destruction of the Fulton Mall is not [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Embracing New Sources of Pollution
By Tom Frantz There may be a need to clear up public misunderstandings about different types of air pollution. Under the federal Clean Air Act, there are several different categories of harmful air [...] Continue Reading
The Great Fresno County Bicycle Coalition Tour of 2014: Why It Is What It Is
By Alec Kimmel Whenever I bring up the idea of how great it would be if the City of Fresno focused its efforts to promote bicycle use on the construction of bicycle trails, inevitably someone asks, [...] Continue Reading
Retroactive Justice Now!
By Ebony Easter My goal in writing this article is to describe the real dangers of psychiatric hospitalization by providing my account of being an inpatient and the important role that justice can [...] Continue Reading
The Struggle to Stop Slumlords in Fresno
By Simone Whalen-Rhodes After years of neglect by the property owners, the Fresno Inn was recently shut down by city officials who declared the property a hazard. The city moved the tenants to [...] Continue Reading
A Student Movement for Student Voice
By Saa’un P. Bell On May 8, about 50 student leaders across California assembled to urge the State Board of Education for greater student participation in the state’s new school funding law, known [...] Continue Reading