By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. American political commentator, talk show host and author Chris Matthews, best known as host of the nightly hour-long talk show Hardball on MSNBC, has characterized [...] Continue Reading
National & International
Group Ties Interior Nominee/Westlands Lobbyist to Arctic Refuge Scientific Fraud
By Dan Bacher Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Daily Kos and is republished under its terms and [...] Continue Reading
Exploring the Absence of Asghar Farhadi
By Rubén Casas Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Fresno Filmworks (https://fresnofilmworks.org/blog/exploring-the-absence-of-asghar-farhadi) and is republished with [...] Continue Reading
Cuba’s Fresh Perspectives
By Bill Braun Twenty-five of us, 19 from the United States, joined together for 10 days during January in Cuba. Billed as “Fresh Perspectives,” our tour was that, plus many entirely new and somewhat [...] Continue Reading
A Past Resurfaced: Memories of Survival and Escape from the Khmer Rouge
By Vanna Nauk Editor’s note: This article was originally published with references by the Valley Public History Project at Tropics of Meta: [...] Continue Reading
Working from the “Grassroots Up”
By David Derby My wife and I witnessed something during the first week of the Trump administration that sent us reeling with outrage as we witnessed an evil that some say had constituted the most [...] Continue Reading
WHY CUBA?
By Leni Reeves Find out for yourself. The Caravan will be in Fresno on Tuesday, April 25. We will share accurate and up-to-date information about Cuba, U.S.-Cuba relations, and what needs to be done [...] Continue Reading
A Border Agent Took My Sister and Me Into a Closet and Sexually Assaulted Us
By Clarita* Warning: This piece contains descriptions of sexual assault experienced by the author by a U.S. immigration officer. (Editor’s Note: This account was originally published on the website [...] Continue Reading
Malak: An American Girl and Her Family
By Hannah Brandt Wasan Abu-Baker, content and translation The word malak means angel in Arabic. Malak is also a six-year-old Fresno girl who was born in Aleppo, Syria in 2010. A few months before the [...] Continue Reading
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
By John Else [Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an article that was originally published on BillMoyers.com and is republished with permission. [...] Continue Reading
Demonstrations and Fasting to Bring Attention to the U.S. Role in World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
By Kathy Kelly [Editor’s Note: This article has been modified from its original version with permission from the author.] On March 14, 2017, internationally renowned peace activist Kathy Kelly, of [...] Continue Reading
Trump’s Push for More Oil Extraction on Public Lands Hits Central California
By Vic Bedoian Oil and gas drilling has been halted on federal lands in California during the past four years due to a successful legal action taken by the Center for Biological Diversity. Now the [...] Continue Reading