By Robert Navarro In George Orwell’s classic Down and Out in Paris and London, he memorialized his journalistic venture into the world of poverty during the depths of the global Depression. With [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Fulton Mall as a Scapegoat for Past City Planning Policy Failures
By Harold Tokmakian After World War II, most cities in the United States felt an urgent need for increased housing in response to population growth and to make up for the halt in construction during [...] Continue Reading
Mark Arax to Be Presented Free Speech Award
By Rych Withers The Fresno Free College Foundation will be having its annual banquet on Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Wedgewood Banquet Hall (4584 W. Jacquelyn Ave.). The Foundation owns and operates [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2013
Save the Fulton Mall I keep hearing as an excuse for tearing up the mall “Fresno is a car culture.” Well maybe we need to start weaning off this particular culture and grow up, like other cities in [...] Continue Reading
Historic Legislation Signed in Fresno
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
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