By Stan Santos It is the late winter of 2018, and the skies shed their last tears in our cherished San Joaquin Valley. The land continues providing wealth to the rich, food and shelter to poor and [...] Continue Reading
National & International
MARCH 16, 1968: U.S. Troops Massacre 500 Civilians
By Camille Russell Fifty years ago, at the height of the American war in Vietnam, an event known as the My Lai Massacre took place in a small village in Vietnam. U.S. troops killed unarmed women, [...] Continue Reading
Gun Violence—Carnage at Florida High School
By Sudarshan Kapoor Carnage took place at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen precious lives were lost on Valentine’s Day. The day of love turned into a day of grief, pain and violence. What a [...] Continue Reading
Selling Out Jobs
By Art Rodriguez The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sold out our jobs. By spearheading the American Competitiveness Act, the DOD became the responsible party for the biggest job-killer in our [...] Continue Reading
IMMIGRATION
By Samuel Molina and Giselle Gasca In 2017, immigrant allies and advocates, including Mi Familia Vota, spent much of their time advocating for the continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood [...] Continue Reading
Economic Neoliberalism: Mexico for Sale
By Francisco Duarte Editor’s note: This article was submitted in Spanish and translated into English by Rhea Rehark-Griffith. Mexico, with its 130 million inhabitants, is a country of contradictions, [...] Continue Reading
Hello America, Your President Is Racist
By Miguel Bibanco Editor’s note: This article is republished from The Know Youth Media with permission and was originally published at https://theknowfresno.org/. Hello America, your President is [...] Continue Reading
Nunes Fuels Protest with Support of Tax Scam
By Bob Turner The weekly Tuesday protest in front of the office of Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) in Clovis was larger than usual on Dec. 12 as passage of the Republican-backed tax reform measure loomed [...] Continue Reading
What Was Net Neutrality?
By Osiris Godwin Net neutrality seems to be one of those buzzwords that whizzes past us every day. We don’t notice it or pay it much attention; much like a fern in an office, we just assume that it [...] Continue Reading
Elections Report–Cuba
By Leni Reeves I was in Cuba for the Nov. 26 elections there. Of course, you’ve been told all your life that Cuba doesn’t have elections, but it does. In the United States, communist-dictatorship is [...] Continue Reading
Women Usually Clean Up the Big Messes
By Sheila Kennedy Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at https://www.sheilakennedy.net/2017/10/women-are-always-the-ones-cleaning-up/. The [...] Continue Reading
Traveling Memorial to Victims of War Crimes
By Joshua Shurley On March 24, Fresno will host the My Lai Memorial Exhibit, a traveling interactive display created by the Chicago chapter of Veterans for Peace. It commemorates the My Lai Massacre, [...] Continue Reading