By Christine Saviez We can save them all. I will save them all. I can’t cure cancer. I can’t make a vaccine to stop the spread of HIV. I can’t solve world hunger. But I can save the animals. I can [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
WANT A MORE PROGRESSIVE FRESNO? …then join the Central Valley Progressive PAC
*** The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC *** By Mike Rhodes The CVPPAC is a local grassroots nonpartisan political group that works to get progressives [...] Continue Reading
WE ARE ONE – OR SHOULD BE!
By Ruth Gadebusch With the publication of the zoning map of the City of Fresno with all those little empty spaces I was once again reminded of the many county islands within the city limits. Why do [...] Continue Reading
Election Updates from the Green Party of Fresno County
By Richard Gomez Green Presidential Candidates Forum - January 23, 2016 Saturday in San Diego, California 3-6 pm You’ve heard the rest, now hear the best! Come hear Green party candidates seeking the [...] Continue Reading
SUMMERSET APARTMENTS | Abysmal Conditions Indicative of Neglected South Fresno
By Hannah Brandt and Santy Phaphol It is the day before Thanksgiving and two former Roosevelt High classmates are trudging through soggy grass at Summerset Apartments in south central Fresno. Rusted [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Day
By Richard D. Iyall On Dec. 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thereafter, Dec. 10 of every year is observed as Human Rights Day. On Dec. 10, 2015, a [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Homeless Advocates See the Bigger Picture
By Paul Thomas Jackson (Editor’s note: The sources for the information included herein are available in the online version of this article.) Those readers who celebrate Jesus’s birthday usually do so [...] Continue Reading
Should Progressives Elect the Next Mayor of Fresno?
*** The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC *** By Mike Rhodes Fresno and the Central Valley has a reputation as a conservative stronghold in a state that is [...] Continue Reading
“Mississippi Fresno” An Interview with Dr. Floyd D. Harris
By Hannah Brandt “Being the only Black minister in Fresno on the front lines, in the trenches, I have a bulls-eye on me. But I am okay with that because being on the front lines gives people hope.” [...] Continue Reading
California Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Ministries Provides Aid to Summerset Apartments Victims
By Hannah Brandt By now, most of Fresno and the Central Valley knows about the desperate situation at Summerset Village Apartments in south central Fresno. The squalid conditions have made headlines [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Office of Education Prior Pay Policy Perpetuates Wage Inequality
By Hannah Brandt On July 12, 2012, Aileen Rizo-Acosta was at a casual business meeting with several other colleagues from the Fresno County Office of Education’s math department. She works as a math [...] Continue Reading
Uprooting Racism Project Reactivated
By Vickie M. Fouts The Uprooting Racism Project grew out of a book discussion using Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel. It was sponsored by the Women’s [...] Continue Reading