It all started in the late 1960's when the anti-Vietnam war movement was growing. The core of Fresno's antiwar movement was centered at a cluster of houses in a fig orchard a little South of Herndon [...] Continue Reading
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The Monster With 100,000 Eyes; or Who’s Watching Fresno’s Watchmen?
The Ancient Greeks had a name for the thing with eyes bolted to light poles all across Fresno. They called him Argus the All-Seeing, a giant whose whole body was studded with a hundred [...] Continue Reading
El monstruo de 100,000 ojos; o ¿quién vigila a los vigilantes de Fresno?
Los antiguos griegos tenían un nombre para esa cosa con ojos atornillada a los postes de luz por todo Fresno. Lo llamaban Argos Panoptes, el que todo lo ve, un gigante cuyo cuerpo entero estaba [...] Continue Reading
The Changing Landscape of Hospital Medicine in Fresno
Health care in Fresno mirrors nationwide trends. Throughout the nation, large health care corporations, health insurers and private equity firms are buying physician practices. Recent reports from [...] Continue Reading
The Humble History of Fresno’s Only Progressive, Print Newspaper
In California's Central Valley, where agriculture drives the economy and political battles shape daily life, one newspaper has spent three decades amplifying voices often ignored by mainstream [...] Continue Reading
30 Years of Pages Against the Regime
September 2026 is our thirtieth anniversary. We started as a small newsletter responding to the AFL-CIO national office’s call to build a labor and community alliance to support immigrant workers, see [...] Continue Reading
La humilde historia del único periódico impreso progresista de Fresno
En el Valle Central de California, donde la agricultura mueve la economía y las batallas políticas moldean la vida diaria, un periódico ha pasado tres décadas amplificando voces que los medios [...] Continue Reading
30 años de páginas contra el régimen
Septiembre de 2026 marca nuestro trigésimo aniversario. Empezamos como un pequeño boletín que respondía al llamado de la oficina nacional de la AFL-CIO para construir una alianza laboral y comunitaria [...] Continue Reading
A Concerned Voter’s Analysis of Fresno’s City Council Race
“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, Speaker California Assembly 1961–1968 Influence Of Money On Local Races On June 2 Fresno held its primary elections for [...] Continue Reading
A Point in Time: Fresno, Madera Leaders Fail to Reduce Homelessness
The United States Department of Housing and Urban development requires communities to regularly administer Point in Time (PIT) surveys to count the local unhoused population. The survey, [...] Continue Reading
El análisis de un votante preocupado sobre la contienda por el Concejo Municipal de Fresno
La influencia del dinero en las contiendas locales “El dinero es la leche materna de la política.” Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, presidente de la Asamblea de California, 1961–1968 Fresno celebró sus [...] Continue Reading
Three Cents on the Police Budget
REFLECTIONS FROM THREE MEMBERS OF FRESNANS FOR A PEOPLE’S BUDGET Bootstraps Aren’t Real But This Bridge Called My Back Is BY ARIEANA CASTELLANOS I come from a long matriarchal line of healers [...] Continue Reading