On May 25, a sea of purple engulfed the Capitol in Sacramento. More than 600 healthcare workers, medical assistants, home caregivers, clinic workers, resident physicians and patients wearing purple [...] Continue Reading
Economy
Moving to Community Choice Aggregation for Energy
BY ROB ENGLAND The Climate Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been a leader in creating climate solutions and action plans for a climate-safe future in California, hosted a community meeting in [...] Continue Reading
Moving to Community Choice Aggregation for Energy
By Rob England The Climate Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been a leader in creating climate solutions and action plans for a climate-safe future in California, hosted a community meeting [...] Continue Reading
How Agricultural Research Can Help Small Farmers
Aidee Guzman, a Fresno County native, is an ecologist who is looking at how agricultural management affects fungi and carbon cycling to examine their relationship and effect on biodiversity. Her work [...] Continue Reading
Movimiento en Delano Para el Control de Rentas
El mensaje que la joven Xochitl Rodríguez llevó a los concejales de la ciudad de Delano el pasado 3 de abril fue claro, fuerte y conciso: “No quiero tener 27 (años) y vivir todavía con mi [...] Continue Reading
Farmworkers in Tulare United to Confront Unfair Eviction
On Feb. 18, many in Tulare County’s Linnell Camp came together and said, “Ya basta! We will be heard!” People stood with their heads held high, trembling inside from the courage it takes to risk [...] Continue Reading
Abuso laboral: tibios e indiferentes
(Nota del Editor: Esta nota fue originalmente publicada en www.hispanicla.com) Llegué a los Estados Unidos cuando las marchas por la reforma migratoria llenaban las calles de las grandes ciudades [...] Continue Reading
The Growth of Low-Wage Jobs in California’s Central Valley
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Fresnoland.org, a nonprofit news organization.) As the central San Joaquin Valley sees a rise in warehousing and other low-wage jobs—some [...] Continue Reading
El crecimiento de los empleos de salarios bajos en el Valle Central de California
(Nota del editor: esta historia fue publicada originalmente por Fresnoland.org, una organización de noticias sin fines de lucro) A medida que el Valle central de San Joaquín ve un aumento en [...] Continue Reading
Cómo Una Ciudad Del Valle Planea Sobrevivir a La Sequía
Esta nota fue publicada en Fresnoland.org Nohemí Ramírez ha trabajado durante más de 14 años en los campos agrícolas y en las empacadoras de los alrededores de Huron, una pequeña ciudad rural [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Residents Urge Leaders to Improve Housing
Thanks to money from the American Rescue Act of 2021, Fresno officials have targeted $40 million to improve housing in the city. But many residents, especially in less affluent parts of town, are [...] Continue Reading
Increased Investment in Healthcare Worker Retention
To fight for the health of my patients at Golden Valley Health Center, I, along with hundreds of community clinic workers united in SEIU, traveled to Sacramento to make sure that lawmakers heard [...] Continue Reading