By Dan Yaseen What Is Obamacare? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, [...] Continue Reading
Economy
OUR Walmart: United for Respect at Walmart
By Georgette Carrillo Big box stores, once hailed for their one-stop shopping convenience, vast parking lots, 24-hour shopping convenience and retail taxes for local coffers, appear to be losing [...] Continue Reading
Farm Workers, Troy and the Tamale Lady
By Leonard Adame All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.– George Orwell So what is hard work? Typing all day? Naah. Most offices are air conditioned. Selling in a mall? [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Deteriorating Core Neighborhoods: A Product of Developer-Planned Suburban Sprawl?
Will Fresno’s 2035 General Plan Update Survive the Usual Developer Rewrites? By Bob Merrill Are Fresno’s mayor and City Council serious about making Fresno’s downtown more viable, or is it merely [...] Continue Reading
Measure G Results Reveal Pathway to Future Opportunities
By Michael D. Evans “Ours was a unique coalition—Republicans, Democrats, business and labor—all working for a better Fresno. We hope to keep that spirit alive.”—Randy Ghan The City of Fresno’s [...] Continue Reading
Let’s Take Back Calwa Park: A Story of Corruption and Gross Mismanagement
By Sandra Celedon In May, the Trust for Public Land released its annual ParkScore index, which analyzes how well the 50 largest cities across the nation are meeting the need for parks. To no one’s [...] Continue Reading
Guest Editorial: Unions Fight to Take Democracy Back from Billionaires
By Art Pulaski California’s century-old ballot initiative system is broken. Ballot measures are supposed to be tools of participatory democracy that give everyday citizens a voice in our process. But [...] Continue Reading
2012 City of Fresno Salary Information
According to the Fresno Bee, 80 City of Fresno employees make more than $130,000 a year. Five employees make more than $200,000 a year. Are these government bureaucrats willing to make the same [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice: Moving Beyond Measure G
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.—Charles Darwin Collaboration is the [...] Continue Reading
Local Activists Travel to Cuba
By Richard Stone The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) Pastors for Peace is again preparing for its annual breech of the U.S. embargo on trade and travel to Cuba. [...] Continue Reading
Fund-Raiser for Haiti Scheduled July 26
By Cecilia Russ One Source–Haiti is a nonprofit organized by Cecilia Russ, a former longtime resident of Fresno. She has been to Haiti twice and is in contact with teachers and families from the [...] Continue Reading
Measure G Outcome Depends on You
By Michael D. Evans You’re probably sick of hearing about Measure G, the City of Fresno referendum on privatizing residential solid waste disposal service. But as with a presidential campaign, it [...] Continue Reading