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
Opinion & Analysis
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
Talking Points #6: A New Beginning
By Joel D. Eis This is the sixth contribution in a series of op-ed pieces that can provide talking points to strengthen the information base and action decisions of those who seek to make others [...] Continue Reading
Appeal for Understanding and Reconciliation from the Gandhi-King Global Network
By Jonathan D. Greenberg and Sudarshan Kapoor On Jan. 26, the Republic Day of India, a bronze statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi that had been given to the City of Davis as a gift by the government of [...] Continue Reading
This Is Democracy?
By Ruth Gadebusch When asked if this nation was a republic or a democracy, Benjamin Franklin is said to have answered, “A democracy if you can keep it.” Winston Churchill is known for telling us [...] Continue Reading
Student Debt Robs Young People of Their Dreams
By Jenny Manrique Five years after graduating as an audiovisual technician from SAE Expression College in Emeryville, Gabriel Stewart has $52,000 in outstanding student loans. Promised a [...] Continue Reading
For Christ’s Sake, What the Hell Are You Thinking, Adventure Church?
By I. smiley G. Calderon By now, every Fresnan has already heard the horrible news that our city’s dear iconic Tower Theatre is being sold to a church. Who could have thought the sale of a [...] Continue Reading
Nicaragua and the Dilemma of Daniel Ortega
By Peter Maiden Some solidarity activists working in support of the first Sandinista government in Nicaragua (1979–1990) believed North Americans shouldn’t criticize the Sandinista Front for [...] Continue Reading