By Tom Frantz For the past 10 years, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) has issued an annual report to Valley residents regarding its past activities, recent air [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the third article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. The third reason voluntary enrollment in an organized camp is the right [...] Continue Reading
Nelson Mandela: ‘Madiba the Magnanimous’ in the Fresno State Peace Garden
By Sudarshan Kapoor All over the globe, one can find memorials in honor of Nelson Mandela--[affectionately known as Madiba to South Africans]--an iconic leader who is regarded as an international [...] Continue Reading
Government-Provided Amenities
By Andy Hansen-Smith What role should the City of Fresno have in providing amenities to its citizens? Should these amenities have to break even financially? At a recent Fresno City Council meeting, [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Soccer History
By Peter Maiden The first project of the Valley Public History Initiative, headed by Dr. Romeo Guzmán, was “Straight Outta Fresno,” which culminated last December in a hip-hop event with art and [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rises Up for Central Valley Workers
By Community Alliance Staff Union members and community allies alike rallied late February in Fresno to support organized labor and deter the threat to unions that could result from an anti-union [...] Continue Reading
MARCH 16, 1968: U.S. Troops Massacre 500 Civilians
By Camille Russell Fifty years ago, at the height of the American war in Vietnam, an event known as the My Lai Massacre took place in a small village in Vietnam. U.S. troops killed unarmed women, [...] Continue Reading
Connecting the Political to the Personal
By Mai Vang I started my job as Hmong Innovating Politics’ (HIP) Community Organizer nearly six months ago and despite being fluent in Hmong, I’ve had a really tough time trying to explain to my [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Lies to the Public
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley had extremely high levels of air pollution over the holidays. From Dec. 24 to Jan. 5, the hospital emergency wards were jammed. People died in excessive [...] Continue Reading
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the second article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. Organized camps are the right way to begin solving unsheltered [...] Continue Reading
Pop Culture Invades North Fresno
By Andy Hansen-Smith A music concert called Grizzly Fest in the vein of a smaller Coachella or Napa Valley’s Bottle Rock is scheduled for May 18–19 at Woodward Park but not without controversy. Was [...] Continue Reading
The Case for the Office of Immigrant Affairs
By Samuel Molina Congress again failed to deliver meaningful legislation addressing immigration. Despite the fact that conservatives hold a majority in Congress, it does not seem that Republicans can [...] Continue Reading