By Leni Villagomez Reeves Energy Crisis in Cuba Beginning in April 2019, the United States has applied “sanctions” to two companies—34 ships—that transport Venezuelan oil to Cuba, fining these [...] Continue Reading
National & International
The New Citizenship: “A Place Called Nowhere”
By Robert Navarro With the rise of nationalist hatreds, exclusion and secession, what we are witnessing is a panic reaction to the clearly approaching chaos—the inevitable result of neoliberalism’s [...] Continue Reading
Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Mass Shootings
By Elsa Mejía In the wake of the mass shootings that took the lives of 31 people in Gilroy, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, residents in Fresno gathered for a candlelight vigil to honor the lives [...] Continue Reading
Non-White Children Still Being Separated from Their Parents
By Leni Villagomez Reeves Why is the Trump administration continuing to separate non-White children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border? 1) It is profitable. 2) It destroys culture [...] Continue Reading
California VoIP Deregulation and the “Mafia”
By Stan Santos Since the early days of print, media has served the interests and aspirations of the common people and the owners of empire. In modern days, the consolidation and weaponization of [...] Continue Reading
Abandon the Babel of Labels: Assess the Facts
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji Identity wars are drowning the left in a Babel of labels. In this 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary season, it is time to ignore the candidates’ self-identification as [...] Continue Reading
Veterans for Peace Leverage Their Voices at Annual Convention
By Joshua Shurley Recently, in eastern Washington, hundreds of veterans, their families and supporters gathered—not to glorify their status or promote military service, but rather to organize to [...] Continue Reading
Cultural Immersion and Volunteer Program
By Maria Fernanda Camara Perez During the summer of 2019, the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE; Secretary of Foreign Relations), through its Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior (IME; [...] Continue Reading
From California to Oaxaca and Back
By Patsy Mejia Recently, I had the distinct privilege to participate in a pilot program initiated by the Mexican consulate aimed at reconnecting university students with parents or grandparents of [...] Continue Reading
Lights for Liberty
By Peter Maiden On July 12, Fresno was one of more than 700 cities around the world holding a “Lights for Liberty” vigil to protest the situation of immigrants. Many, including infants, toddlers [...] Continue Reading
Disaster Response in Cuba
By Leni Villagomez Reeves In Comunidad Castanedo, Elsida Martinez described surviving the tornado that hit her Guanabacoa home on the night of Jan. 27. “It sounded like a hundred airplanes or [...] Continue Reading
Veteran Legislator Costa Challenged by a Young Latina
By Eduardo Stanley It looks as if Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) is getting seriously challenged from within his own political party. Fresno City Council Member Esmeralda Soria announced recently that [...] Continue Reading