On Jan. 29, the Trump administration declared Cuba “an unusual and extraordinary threat” and imposed an energy blockade on the small energy-importing island nation. U.S. coercive measures have ranged [...] Continue Reading
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Climate Change Drives California’s Water Plan
California’s natural resources agencies are beginning to move ahead with an updated state water plan in response to climate warming that threatens an estimated 10% reduction in the state’s available [...] Continue Reading
Cuba bajo una guerra de asedio intensificada por Estados Unidos
La administración Trump, el 29 de enero, declaró a Cuba “una amenaza inusual y extraordinaria” e impuso un bloqueo energético contra Cuba, una pequeña nación insular que importa energía. Las medidas [...] Continue Reading
Gubernatorial Candidate Visits Fresno
Ramsey Robinson, an activist and social worker, visited West Fresno on April 18 to share his vision of California if he were to win the gubernatorial race in June. “I am here spreading this message [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta: “I am a survivor”
(Editor’s note: The following is a statement released by Dolores Huerta, the iconic labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, in response to the mid-March [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Says “No War”
Nationally and locally, community members are speaking out against the illegal, unprovoked attack on Iran. There have been weekly demonstrations in Fresno organized by Peace Fresno and other cities [...] Continue Reading
El Valle Central dice “No a la guerra”
Al nivel nacional y local, miembros de la comunidad están alzándose en contra del ataque ilegal y no provocado a Irán. Ha habido manifestaciones semanales en Fresno organizadas por Peace Fresno y [...] Continue Reading
Map Reveals Fresno’s Unequal Voice
For 14 years, every election map printed by the Fresno County Registrar of Voters has told the same story: Affluent north Fresno turns out in large numbers to back conservative candidates and oppose [...] Continue Reading
ICE Detention Facilities: Barbaric and Negligent
Local and National ICE Out Protests Grow On Jan. 31, thousands of protesters across the United States demonstrated against the federal government’s immigration detention centers, enforcement [...] Continue Reading
Resistance in the Heartland
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
Tribus de California Luchan por los Derechos del Agua
Por Vic Bedoian Recientemente, la Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos Hídricos celebró audiencias exhaustivas sobre la actualización del Plan del Delta de la Bahía, que regula la cantidad de agua [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans for a People’s Budget
Who gets to decide what safety looks like in the city of Fresno and how are taxpayer dollars used to build that? A new advocacy group, Fresnans for a People’s Budget (FPB), formed to bring awareness [...] Continue Reading