By Ruth Gadebusch Looking around Fresno, one can’t help but wonder what kind of planning we have. Granted, much of it was set in place years ago. We are now reaping the results; however, one could [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
Letters to the Editor – June 2014
What Does America Truly Stand For? For as long as I can remember, I have been told that America is the greatest country in the world. We are the land of the free, supporters of democracy and freedom. [...] Continue Reading
Time to Get Serious
By Ruth Gadebusch It is time for those beyond the agriculture world to get serious about our water. Despite all the talk about the drought, not many seem to be taking it seriously. It is for [...] Continue Reading
Excerpt from Expanding the Yaqui Religious Experience (1989)
By Jesse C. Gonzales “In the beginning...God,” to those who follow Judeo, Christian and Islamic beliefs, that passage is an introduction to the answers that can satisfy many questions concerning [...] 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
Letters to the Editor – May 2014
“Wild West” Justice in Fresno Recently, my dear friend, Michael R. Stauff, was murdered in the Fresno jail. He had be held there for over a year without a conviction or even a day in court. [...] Continue Reading
Prisoners and Shadows Draining Like Slow Water: On the Film Cesar Chavez
By Leonard Adame I’d never heard of Cesar Chavez when I was 15 and driving bobtails stacked with cherry tomatoes from Dinuba to Orange Cove. I was happy the little truck had a radio and often [...] Continue Reading
The Best Kept Secret
By Ruth Gadebusch Almost the first time I ever heard of Fresno it was said with disdain. Yes, that was from San Francisco Bay Area citizens inclined to look down on most places as having less value [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2014
Valley Air Inhumane I drove from Oakland to L.A. through the San Joaquin Valley in late June 2013 and on a recent weekend. I was shocked by the severe air pollution. I remember a trip over 10 years [...] Continue Reading
Infrastructure Key to Turning Around U.S. Economy
By John Hernandez As I travel around the United States, it is painfully obvious that our nation needs a facelift. We have roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure in need of repair, [...] Continue Reading
Rambling Thoughts on Division
By Ruth Gadebusch What does it take for people to realize that we share this community, this world? “Those people over there” someplace are not in some foreign land. One cannot profit at the [...] Continue Reading
The Silos and the Mall
By Leonard Adame When we drove past the big silos on H and Palm streets, I saw mostly old men moving as if they were walking up a rocky hill. They took their time, every so often spitting out a gob [...] Continue Reading