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
Local & State
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
Kern County Fracking Field Trip
By Ron Martin Tom Frantz, Kern County farmer-activist, led about 25 members of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Fresnans against Fracking on a tour of sites of polluting [...] Continue Reading
Failing Codes
By Simone Cranston-Rhodes It is the day before Thanksgiving, and I am bundled up against the cold as I walk around Summerset apartments with my companion Gone Nanthadeth. Many of us will be thankful [...] Continue Reading
En Recuerdo and Dia de los Muertos event at Arte Americas
By Community Alliance Staff Throughout the month of November, downtown Fresno museum, Arte Americas, put on an exhibit of artwork celebrating the iconic Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. It was called [...] Continue Reading
A Legal Camp for the Formerly Homeless in Eugene, Ore. Could This Be a Model for Cities Like Fresno?
By Ron Martin Opportunity Village Eugene (OVE) in Oregon is nestled among lumberyards and warehouses at 111 Garfield Street. It houses about 30 formerly homeless men and women in small, tall [...] Continue Reading