By Julius Chatton Another enjoyable summer vacation has come to an end, and college students nationwide are now beginning to settle into the new fall semester. Fresno and Central Valley students [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
Don’t Let the Nays Win
By Ruth Gadebusch With so much concentration on the nation’s debt lately it is easy to simply accept the status quo. It is easy to cancel all projects that extend into the future and Heaven forbid [...] Continue Reading
Greens Have Open Border Policy on Immigration
By Richard Gomez President Barack Obama has expanded and enforced the Secure Communities (S-Comm) program by allowing local law enforcement to act as immigration agents, ensuring a negative effect on [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
NLRB Judge Overturns Kaiser Election, Calls for New Vote Kaiser workers’ right to a fair election was vindicated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In a 34-page ruling, Judge Lana Parke [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
From Fresno to the Israeli Military By Darrow Pierce In December 2009, despite great opposition from family and friends, I moved to Israel, gained citizenship and started learning Hebrew in a kibbutz [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
A Progressive Analysis of the Local Budget Right-wing forces in city and county government are attempting to balance the budget on the backs of poor and working people. They want to do this by [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
The media has asked: "Obama invaded Libya and where is the peace movement?", and flatly stated we are hypocritical. My answer: we're all over. For 10 heartbreaking years we have been in Reedley, [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Freedom and the 4th of July By Leonard Adame On this 4th of July, hot dogs will blacken on a grill sending smoke signals to people with beers stuck in their hands. A few Americans will invoke, as [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Was it Worth It? Bin Laden is dead. Saddam is dead. Our invasions have caused tens of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars to get rid of these two bad guys. 9/11 is avenged. Yay, U.S.A. Was it [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Classrooms, Not Prison Cells By Daniel Treglia I’m inspired to write because of Miriam Hernandez, who wrote “Where’s the Attention to Education” in the May issue of the Community Alliance. Although [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Save Jesse Morrow Mountain I am a member of Friends of Jesse Morrow Mountain and have been for about nine years. The time is getting crucial now because the Fresno County Planning Commission is [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Full Scale Assault on the Environment By Connie Peterson Imagine my sense of irony and outrage when, on the same day the front page of the Fresno Bee decried the toxicity of our Valley, the [...] Continue Reading