By Jonathan Luevanos The political philosophy of liberalism was introduced in the Western world through rational ideas of freedom and equality. Liberals believe that individuals are endowed with [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
My Take On the Election
By Mike Starry My take on election campaigning so far reminds me my government's attempts to kill me and my friends by inventing a war in Vietnam, a country now receiving our arms. Researching their [...] Continue Reading
Rankings
One girl’s journey through conscious living. By Tiffany A. Potter I began my column over a year and a half ago with a promise to myself that I would not hold back or shy away from being as [...] Continue Reading
USE THAT VOTE
By Ruth Gadebusch As a long-time advocate for civic education I deplore what these days seems to be disintegrating into government by demonstration. At the same time, I appreciate that all too often [...] Continue Reading
Elie
By Tiffany A. Potter Confession: I am finding it hard not to lose faith in humanity at the moment. I’m not proud of it, and I’m sure it will pass though it sometimes doesn’t feel like it will, [...] Continue Reading
Anti-Sikh Violence in 1984 in India and a Tentative Peace Plan Toward Conflict Resolution
By Sudarshan Kapoor, PhD. In the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her two trusted Sikh bodyguards on Oct. 31, 1984, in India, anti-Sikh violence occurred in [...] Continue Reading
Why is education in a constant state of flux?
By Emily Brandt I believe that education and government have experienced a continuing megalithic transformation in expectations. Schools are expected to graduate “college and career-ready” [...] Continue Reading
Dispatches from the War Zone: A Book Review
By Boston Woodard “Mike Rhodes is the best reporter in America when it comes to covering homelessness,” said Jeremy Alderson, director of the nationally broadcast Homelessness Marathon Road [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – July 2016
By Hannah Brandt As you can imagine, I really do not know where to start this month. Last month seems like a world away. The entire Earth seems to have changed in a manner of weeks. Of course, in [...] Continue Reading
NOT JUST NEGATIVE
By Ruth Gadebusch It is easy to focus on the negative but it is much healthier to find the good in the community. As the old saying goes “every cloud has its silver lining.” Admittedly, I am [...] Continue Reading
Pulse
My ex-husband once said to me as we were having a conversation about some big life plan I had at the time and my anxiety surrounding it, “Tiffany, you always get everything you want.” And with the [...] Continue Reading
THE MANY AND VARIED FRESNOS
By Ruth Gadebusch The map may indicate Fresno as one place but for those of us who live in and observe the area we know there are many segments. All too often these different areas, and their sets of [...] Continue Reading