By Peter Maiden Fresno is ranked 9th in United Soccer League’s Group B with one loss, four ties and two victories. The Foxes will face off with the Rio Grande Toros during Fresno’s next home game on [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Buckets of Paste: A Collaborative Artistic Model
By Tracy Gorden Teran Morning chaos anticipation Blank cement stairs and pillars important instructions mindfulness—and humility Helpful hands of all sizes orange buckets of paste blue [...] Continue Reading
Town Hall for Gun Control
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MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Thousands of Fresnans gathered at Fresno High School on March 24 in support of students throughout the country advocating an end to gun violence. Students, families and supporters of March for Our [...] Continue Reading
FTA Elects New President
By Louis Jamerson The Fresno Teachers Association (FTA) has elected a new president, Manuel Bonilla. Bonilla received 82% of the vote. Bonilla is currently a teacher at McLane High School, where he [...] Continue Reading
TECTONIC FORCES CONVERGE: Walls of Institutional Racism Sway at City Hall
By Kevin Hall A recent unanimous vote by the Fresno City Council threatens to knock the city’s developer-controlled politics right off its old foundations. The legislative temblor struck in late [...] Continue Reading
The Face of Racism
By Kevin Hall A pustule occasionally erupts on Fresno’s complacent face of institutionalized racism. At the Jan. 25 City Council meeting, it was Council Member Steve Brandau’s turn. Again. He [...] Continue Reading
Who Deserves Our City’s Financial Assistance?
By Norman M. Lambert There is an interesting power play going on currently in Fresno. We have criminalized the homeless (the lowest rung on the ladder of life) and subsidized (welfare for the rich) [...] Continue Reading
Immigrant Families Against Men with Guns
By Stan Santos It is the late winter of 2018, and the skies shed their last tears in our cherished San Joaquin Valley. The land continues providing wealth to the rich, food and shelter to poor and [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants and the Sad Realities of Healthcare
By Samuel Molina Congress made further attempts last year to remove provisions from the Affordable Care Act, therefore it is necessary to remain vigilant and do all that can be done in each state to [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: 2017 Air District Annual Report
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
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