By Victoria Johnson At the request of the people of California, WeThePeople.org is making a difference in public safety by helping to reduce the drivers of crime: drug addiction, trauma, poverty and [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
ACLU Report Shows Police Reform Needed in Fresno
Anti-bias and de-escalation training could help reduce officer-involved shootings By Leslie Fulbright The ACLU of California released a report on Nov. 14 that identifies 146 officer-involved [...] Continue Reading
How Many Homeless Shelter Beds Are There in Fresno and Why It Matters
By Mike Rhodes Proponents of the recently passed No Camping ordinance in Fresno claim that homeless people who are sleeping on public and private property are doing so by choice. They say that if [...] Continue Reading
Three Edison Students Stand Up for DACA
By Raymart Catacutan Editor’s note. This article is republished with permission and was originally published in Know Youth Media at [...] Continue Reading
House Keys, Not Handcuffs
By Mike Rhodes About 200 people went to Fresno City Hall on Sept. 29 to demand an end to the criminalization of the homeless, following the passing of a No Camping ordinance. The demand for house [...] Continue Reading
“Since we can’t go to Oaxaca, we brought our village here”
By Eduardo Stanley Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at www.eduardostanley.com. Despite the government’s promises and laws, indigenous cultures [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2017
Clarification of TCC Success By Candice Troutman Attn.: Downtown, Chinatown and Southwest Fresno Residents Re: Clarification on the success of TCC Proposal #5 and a Call for Celebration As many have [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Angry White Men and Air Quality
By Tom Frantz Here are three items that might be of interest to those whose health is affected by local air quality. First, the air quality index (AQI) used by the local air district needs to be [...] Continue Reading
DACA Isn’t Enough
By Miguel Bibanco Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission from The Know Youth Media and was originally published at http://theknowfresno.org. Recently, there has been no shortage [...] Continue Reading
Democrats: To Win, Raise Everyone’s Pay
By Philip Erro To win back the House, the Senate and state legislatures, Democrats need to focus on one thing: higher pay for all workers. Millions of people are working for minimum wage at fast-food [...] Continue Reading
A Fresno Epiphany: Swearengin Video Offers Insights on Racism, White Privilege
By Kevin Hall Stark examples of institutionalized racism and White privilege in Fresno burst out publicly in October like a Charlottesville rally of Trump supporters. The tiki torches illuminating [...] Continue Reading
Bottom Line: The Causes of Social Ills in our Communities
By Javier Aguirre Recent headlines in the New York Times reiterate what many legal policy analysts have purported to be the truth, and that is that crime in America is on the rise. The nation [...] Continue Reading