By Reza Nekumanesh We are continually bombarded with negative images on social media and stories in the media about Islam and Muslims; Muslims are portrayed as terrorists and Islam is touted as a [...] Continue Reading
Education
On the Outside Looking In
By Ruth Gadebusch Last month, after stating my belief in the public school system, I closed my column expressing concerns about troubles emanating from our local system, namely, the Fresno Unified [...] Continue Reading
Stand with Students
By Simone Cranston-Rhodes For too long, our community and educators have not kept an attentive eye on what is happening with the superintendent or the board at the Fresno Unified School District [...] Continue Reading
It Is That Time of Year
By Ruth Gadebusch For all the complaints and criticisms one hears about public education these days, there is still something exciting about the beginning of a new school year. It is a fresh start [...] Continue Reading
Fresno PD Refuses to Enforce Gun Laws
By Lindsey Spec In May 2014, the Fresno Bee covered a story of a 13-year-old student found with a .357 magnum and bullets at Baird Middle School. The gun was owned by the father, a Fresno County [...] Continue Reading
A Chemistry Department | Academic and Progressive
By Alex Vavoulis Nobel Laureate George Seferis said “that learning is one of the noblest exercises of man and to be learned is one of its highest desires. Education is the governing factor of [...] Continue Reading
Freedom School A Positive Outlet
By Reverend Dr. Floyd D. Harris, Jr. It’s the dawning of a Saturday morning. Despite the forecast of triple-digit summer heat, young men and women have gathered anxiously awaiting their chance to [...] Continue Reading
Historic Ruling in ACLU Lawsuit: Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Violated State Law
A Fresno County Superior Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought against the Clovis Unified School District was justified because the district’s sex education curriculum was out of compliance [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2015
Achievement Gap due to Systemic Inequity By Karen Humphrey Though I risk being patted on the head and addressed as “dear lady,” I take issue with Mark Arax’s patronizing attack on Ruth Gadebusch for [...] Continue Reading
Journalists, Professors, Legislators are Victims of the Corporate State
By Alex Vavoulis Journalists, professors and legislators all have become victims of the Corporate State; they are all victims of the capitalist class because the three provide fertile ground for the [...] Continue Reading
Authentic Journalism That Challenges Empire and Its Centers of Power
Review of Andre Vltchek’s Exposing Lies of the Empire By Kim Petersen (Editor’s note: This review originally appeared March 24, 2015, and is being reprinted with permission.) Some years back, I was [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Reform Fresno Unified By Mark Arax I don’t mean to pick on Ruth Gadebusch. She seems like a perfectly dear lady. Her regular column on education in these pages is a place of quaint ideas. However, [...] Continue Reading