Kings County is not a place most people would expect to see much resistance to the illegal and immoral policies and actions of the Trump administration. It is home to industrial agriculture, state [...] Continue Reading
Economy
Heroes and Stories: Building a Better System
The system is rigged. It’s a sentiment that’s been bandied about a lot in recent years. But what exactly is this system? How did it emerge, and can something be done to reform it? Robert [...] Continue Reading
Frente a un Tsunami Financiero que Amenaza el Acceso a la Atención Médica
Los líderes del sector salud en la zona central del Valle de San Joaquín temen que los recortes federales a Medicaid y las reducciones estatales a los beneficios de Medi-Cal representen un tsunami de [...] Continue Reading
Con Trump, aumenta el costo de la vida
(Nota del Editor: se reproduce este artículo con la correspondiente autorización de Hispanicla.com) En las encuestas a boca de urna en las elecciones que la semana pasada dieron la victoria a los [...] Continue Reading
Utilities Bills Going Higher
Everyone deserves safe, clean and affordable energy. But right now Fresno residents have the highest utility bills in the United States. And they’re about to get a whole lot higher. On Nov. 7, the [...] Continue Reading
“A Mine Awaiting Extraction”
Books about the business world usually aren’t compelling page-turners. And yet Megan Greenwell accomplishes exactly this in Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, her deep [...] Continue Reading
Las Políticas de Trump Están Aplastando los Sueños de los Emprendedores Inmigrantes
(Nota del editor: esta nota se reproduce con el permiso de American Community Media) Las pequeñas empresas, los mayores creadores de empleo en Estados Unidos, se enfrentan a los efectos adversos [...] Continue Reading
Minority Rule: Disastrous and Cruel
As of Dec. 15, 2024, the population of the United States was 346,270,409 according to data collected by the United Nations. The United States has a voting age population of 262,083,034. Seven percent [...] Continue Reading
Racism and Class War in Fresno
At a Sept. 23 press conference, City of Fresno officials announced that the City would be aggressively enforcing its harsh new anti-camping ordinance, which calls for arresting unhoused people [...] Continue Reading
Dockworkers’ Strike
In early October, there was a short-lived strike by about 45,000 dockworkers of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). The ILA had been negotiating since May 2024 [...] Continue Reading
Lights Out!
Heat is dwindling, but the cold is coming soon. With PG&E prices, the Central Valley better bundle up. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), an investor-owned utility company that powers [...] Continue Reading
Fresno, the New Los Angeles
On Aug. 24, I invited Brunette Harris, Bobbie Parks, Evonne Gordon and Diane Smith to share with me their update on an interview they did 14 years ago with the Community Alliance [...] Continue Reading