By Juan Trujillo Limones SANTIAGO, CHILE—The sun was plummeting in the heart of this popular rebellion that continued burning with flares, sweat, paint or extinguisher gas the already corroded [...] Continue Reading
National & International
Venezuelan Embassy Protectors: Will They Get a Fair Trial?
By Leni Villagomez Reeves The trial of the Embassy Protectors—the four U.S. citizens who stayed in the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C., for 37 days to prevent it from being handed over to [...] Continue Reading
Large Pro-Impeachment Rally Held in Clovis
By Peter MaidenPhotos by Peter Maiden More than 600 demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump were held throughout the country on Dec. 17. There were actions in all 50 [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Dreamers Travel to D.C. for DACA Hearing
By Juan Santiago The Dreamers’ movement reached a pivotal moment in November when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case. The case made it [...] Continue Reading
Seven Years Later
By Ruth Gadebusch On the seven-year-anniversary of that horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the gun situation in this nation is hardly better. In fact, one could argue [...] Continue Reading
Workers Strike at Kaiser
By Peter Maiden Kaiser mental health workers with the National Union of Healthcare Workers struck throughout California the week of Dec. 16–20 to improve the standard of care for mental health [...] Continue Reading
Bernie Sanders Wows Fresno and the Central Valley Again!
By Yezdyar “Yez” Kaoosji The Fresno City College Jazz Band entertained a “yuuge” crowd of more than 3,000 enthusiastic supporters as they got ready to welcome Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.). They [...] Continue Reading
“Until Living Becomes Worth It”: Notes from the Chilean Uprising
By Romina A. Green Rioja It has been a short time since the mass protests began in Chile, and it already feels as though the country has changed. What started as an organized student movement to [...] Continue Reading
Our Confused and Confusing World
By Ruth Gadebusch The air seems filled with signs of the season. In our part of the world, the fall colors are beautiful. Our thoughts are filled with visions of bountiful tables and beyond to [...] Continue Reading
How the Census Works
(Editor’s note: Printed by permission from Ethnic Media Services.) Below are the most frequently asked questions regarding the Census as gathered through social media. Do you mean that this [...] Continue Reading
Syrian Recipes from Home: A Gift for Food lovers
By Eduardo Stanley This past summer, in Fresno, we assisted at the presentation of an original book of recipes, Syrian Recipes From Home, by Syrian refugee Nour Al Mshantaf, produced by the Pan [...] Continue Reading
A Sad State of Affairs
By Ruth Gadebusch What is happening to our democracy, this experiment of hope and promise? There have been other times of fright and fear when we were divided, but the chasm hardly seemed this wide [...] Continue Reading