By Gerry Bill Manchester, U.K.—Observing the U.S. election from British soil was a new experience for me, and it turned out to be much more exciting to watch things from this side of the pond than I [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
Don’t Count Him Out
Dr. Jean Kennedy Despite how many people felt about President Barack Obama, he is back to serve us for another four years. What does this mean for minorities? Why did America vote Obama back in for [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2012
Destination San Quentin After a long, arduous, five-day involuntary sojourn on five state prison transportation buses covering hundreds of miles, “layover/stops” at nine prisons (from northern [...] Continue Reading
Keeping It Real with Dr. Jean Kennedy: Don’t Count Willo Green Out
By Dr. Jean Kennedy As a society, we tend to throw away stuff and sometimes even people. Yes, it’s easy to give up on individuals who have messed up their lives with drugs and the prison system. But [...] Continue Reading
Consolidation: This Is Called Progress?
By Ruth Gadebusch It is generally accepted that organizations don’t change when fat and sassy. Only when lean and hungry is change made coming not from outside but by insiders reaching out. If this [...] Continue Reading
Farmers versus Pharmaceuticals
By Sister Occupy Sister Sheila is fond of saying: “Toothless meth addicts are our main crop here in the Valley.” I am working with Sister Sheila on her diplomacy skills, but her honesty cannot be [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – Oct. 2012
The Importance of Voting Yes on Measure B As voters peruse their ballots for the Nov. 6 election, it is really important to scan to the end of the ballot and vote Yes to renew Measure B. This measure [...] Continue Reading
Columbus and the Crouching Beggar at the Donut Shop
By Leonard Adame The young Asian man in the picture, soiled, hungry, shaking a Styrofoam cup at me so that I’d drop some change in it, crouched at the donut shop’s doorway. He hadn’t bathed or [...] Continue Reading
Keeping It Real with Dallas Rivera: Don’t Count Him Out
By Jean Kennedy I am 3,000 miles away from the KFCF studio, and Dallas Rivera, my engineer, finds a way to get our show, Keeping It Real (KIR), on the air every Tuesday at 9 p.m. Pacific time [...] Continue Reading
Tribal Spirit
By Sister Occupy In July, the other Sister Occupy traveled with me from Merced to Fresno to attend the marvelous (and tragic) annual picnic that celebrates the lives and honors the passing of those [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2012
Will This Be the Death of Occupy Fresno? This for those who follow the Occupy movement and encampment in Fresno. In the beginning, our numbers at times were approximately 300. Our GAs [General [...] Continue Reading
Arguably the Most Important
By Ruth Gadebusch Buried deep in the ballot coming to you in a few weeks will be school board elections. Don’t be misled by that placement or by the many who belittle that job as of little [...] Continue Reading