By Valeria Pedroza Last month, on Oct. 3, California Governor Jerry Brown came to the Central Valley and signed AB 60 into law at Fresno City College. This bill, which will not take effect until Jan. [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Public Sentiment Largely Rejects Traffic on the Fulton Mall
By Ray McKnight Three years ago, the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan (FCSP) process was set in motion. Its announced goal was to revitalize downtown Fresno, and deciding what to do about the Fulton [...] Continue Reading
Government Shutdown: Don’t Get Angry, Go Green!
By Richard Gomez Like Emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned, the major political parties play the game until a deal that will appease Corporate America with big wet kisses from our Congress, [...] Continue Reading
Memoirs of a Public Pretender
By Scott Baly With hands chained to their waist and feet shackled, they shuffle into the courtroom six at a time. When I see them I know there are more waiting in a cell not far behind. I wear a suit [...] Continue Reading
Valley, Nation Rally to Quiet the Drumbeat of War
By Mike Bridges As of this writing, we have not yet fired on Syria. Not directly anyway. But for some time now, we’ve already been at war-by-proxy with Syria by giving direct and indirect support to [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – October 2013
A Modest Proposal Wow, what a great newspaper. Many thanks to all the contributors. Stunning piece by Miguel Villega Ventura about the People of the Rain and their progress in decolonizing their [...] Continue Reading
Crockford Files – October 2013
By John Crockford U.S. Postal Service Wants to Verify Who You Are The U.S. Postal Service recently awarded a three-year $15.12 million contract to build a cloud-based authentication exchange. IT [...] Continue Reading
Organizing for Action
By Keith A. Jones After working for 44 years in the newspaper business, I found myself retired and wondering what to do with my spare time. And I have a lot of spare time, believe me. I tried [...] Continue Reading
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
By Dan Yaseen What Is Obamacare? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2013
Should We Destroy the Fulton Mall to Save Downtown Fresno? Your recent editorial on the Fulton Mall raises several important questions regarding the city’s planned course of action for the mall. The [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice: Charting a Progressive Course
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji This column is a compilation of views of several individuals with a long record of accomplishment as progressive activists in the Central Valley. Five questions framed the [...] Continue Reading
ACLU: Because Freedom Can’t Defend Itself
By Bill Simon It’s the time of year again for the Fresno Area Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to celebrate—the beginning of its seventh year as a chapter. On Sept. 9, from 5:30 [...] Continue Reading