By Vic Bedoian Will Arvin’s new oil ordinance translate into environmental justice gains in other hard-hit San Joaquin Valley towns? Juan Flores, a Delano-based community organizer with the Center on [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Fresno City Council Recognizes Mike Rhodes
The Fresno City Council acknowledged local journalist, newspaper publisher and political activist Mike Rhodes with a day in his honor. Rhodes is widely respected in the community for his decades of [...] Continue Reading
Arvin’s Oil Ordinance Points the Way Toward Environmental Justice in the Valley
By Vic Bedoian In July, the City of Arvin made a decision that could become a landmark of environmental justice throughout the state. The City Council passed an ordinance regulating oil-drilling [...] Continue Reading
Richard Stone Was a Beloved Member of the Progressive Community
By Mike Rhodes Talking to Avigdar Adams, Richard Stone’s domestic partner for 46 years, you get a sense of the rich life Richard lived. He was on the Editorial Board of the Community Alliance [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Poor Air Quality Is Causing Diabetes
By Tom Frantz This article is about diabetes. Diabetes is related to air quality because fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) has been recently proven, without a doubt, to be a significant cause [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Supervisors Formally Oppose Values Act
By Raul Pickett The Tulare County Board of Supervisors recently voted to support the federal government’s suit against the enactment of the State of California’s Values Act (SB 54), which proclaimed [...] Continue Reading
March Against Walls and the Separation of Families
By Stan Santos On June 18, during a demonstration held at the Federal Courthouse in Fresno, it was announced that a march against injustice would take place to include several westside Fresno County [...] Continue Reading
Music and Progressive Politics to Share the Stage at Fulton 55
By Mike Rhodes This month, you are invited to combine your passion for great local music and progressive politics by going to Fulton 55 as we raise money for the Mike Rhodes Social Justice Scholarship [...] Continue Reading
Joaquin Murrieta Ride and Immigrant Rights March
By Stan Santos In the early morning hours of July 27, the Joaquin Murrieta Riders began their 40th anniversary pilgrimage, tracing the route traveled by the famed rebel until his “death” in 1853. [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC
CVPPAC Endorsed Candidates Head to the November General Election By Mike Rhodes The June primary election resulted in some good news. Several progressive candidates endorsed by the CVPPAC have [...] Continue Reading
California: Opposition to Sanctuary State a Planned Conservative Attack
By Eduardo Stanley Several California cities that are under the control of Republican city council members, such as San Diego, Alamitos, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, San Juan Capistrano and Yorba [...] Continue Reading