(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
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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
ICE: A Chronicle of Violence and Death
“She Was an Amazing Human Being” The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis has led to outrage and anger across the United States and around the [...] Continue Reading
Mayor Makes Controversial Remarks at MLK Event
In a speech to a crowd of 1,000 at the Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration in downtown Fresno on Jan. 19, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, also the former police chief of the city, seemed to blame protesters [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Speak Out on Venezuela
Through mid-January, there were three actions in Fresno protesting the U.S. attack on Venezuela: one at the intersection of Blackstone and Nees avenues on Jan. 3, one at the Federal Building on Jan. [...] Continue Reading
Nancy Waidtlow’s Light Still Shines
Nancy Waidtlow: Dec. 22, 1940–Dec. 23, 2025Remembering Her Life, Recognizing Her Impact Words will never really be sufficient to describe the impact on our community, and on our world as a whole, [...] Continue Reading