By Ruth Gadebusch Try as I might, I simply can’t understand so many of the right wing’s inconsistent stands. Calling themselves pro life, nowhere is contradiction more true than in their [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
Critical Race Theory and the Many Contradictions about Race in America
By Dr. Malik Simba In 1965, my first job was as a copy boy at the Denver Post newspaper. My father, Theoplis T. Hogue, Sr., was a maître d’ in the Gyro Club, a private club within the segregated [...] Continue Reading
“From the Beginning, I Was Willing to Get Vaccinated”
By Community Alliance Staff Bernandina Hernández was born in Guerrero state, Mexico, and worked in the fields of California for more than 20 years. She now works in a packing warehouse in Sanger. [...] Continue Reading
Neither Rhyme nor Reason
By Ruth Gadebusch How did science get to be held in such low esteem in this nation? I’m not referring to someone on the street with little or no opportunity to be exposed to science as believers [...] Continue Reading
Anti-Asian Hate and Racism
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have seen a rapid increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans. The mass shootings in Atlanta and Indianapolis have shocked the conscience of the [...] Continue Reading
Both Good and Evil
As we busy ourselves in our attempts to cleanse history by stripping street signs, changing school names and knocking down statues, we had best pause and think how future generations will judge our [...] Continue Reading
A Troubled Nation
A troubled nation is a nation in trouble. History tells us that all great empires fall sooner or later. Is it our turn? We are not doing a good job respecting each other and the structure created to [...] Continue Reading
Lost and Found: A Salute to a Woman of Character
There is hope for revival. The Grand Old Party, as it has been known, is not extinct. It has at least one woman of character and integrity. Can it be revived? There is a significant group seemingly [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Needs a Right to Counsel for Tenants
By James Mendez There have been several recent articles in the Fresno Bee/Fresnoland on the housing situation in Fresno. More than 50% of Fresno residents are renters. More than 60% of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
What Happened?
By Ruth Gadebusch Although it has been more than a decade, it seems like such a short time ago that this country had crossed the Rubicon in our race relations. What joy, what hope, what excitement! [...] Continue Reading
Homophobia Is on the Rise
By Marsha Conant It breaks my heart to see that acts of hate and hate speech are openly still being expressed in 2021. The insurrection in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 was filled with acts and words [...] Continue Reading
Tower to the People
By Stephen Malm For the past several weeks, casual Sunday visitors to the Tower District have been met by an animated scene of demonstrators at the corner of Wishon and Olive avenues. Signs of [...] Continue Reading