By Gary Carter What happened with Cecil the Lion was horrible, but something else happened too. With his poaching, suddenly everyone was painfully aware of the horrors of trophy hunting. In response, [...] Continue Reading
National & International
Hillary Clinton & Remembering MLK Jr’s Legacy
By Patricia Brown I’m Pat Brown, a volunteer for Hillary for America Fresno and it’s a privilege to be here today because I believe Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, President Obama is the dream [...] Continue Reading
Discussion at Reedley Peace Center about Israel Palestine
By Hannah Brandt A Fresno State student recently back from Palestine spoke at the Reedley Peace Center on Jan. 15, 2016. She was born and grew up partially in the U.S., living first in New York City [...] Continue Reading
Science: The Year in Review 2015
By George B. Kauffman This is the time of year that lists of the previous year’s most important events, discoveries, or other breakthroughs in various fields are drawn up, often on social media. As in [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Climate Disaster, Paris and California
By Tom Frantz The nations of the world have reached an agreement in Paris that calls for net zero CO2 emissions some time in the second half of this century. Unfortunately, the goal is appropriate [...] Continue Reading
Electoral Outlook
By Michael D. Evans Our Presidential election is dominating the U.S. news, with outrageous reality-TV-like personalities and attention-grabbing demagoguery from the Republican candidates. [...] Continue Reading
Winter to Escalate European Refugee Crisis as Funds Run Low
By Jessica Hannan Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Nov. 7, 2015, in i4U News at http://www.i4u.com. As winter approaches, the European refugee crisis faces cold weather and [...] Continue Reading
Why Is Recent Film “Too Political”?
By Angela Price As a Board member of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, I routinely seek films that we might show, films that are “cutting edge,” often beautiful to look at and always provocative. [...] Continue Reading
Islamic Diversity Training in Wake of Growing Islamophobia Nationally
By Reza Nekumanesh We are continually bombarded with negative images on social media and stories in the media about Islam and Muslims; Muslims are portrayed as terrorists and Islam is touted as a [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change: Is the Paris Conference Doomed to Fail?
By George B. Kauffman Editor’s note: The sources for the information included herein are available in the online version of this article. The UN Conference on Climate Change meeting at Le Bourget, [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Speaks at Central Valley Progressive PAC Event
By Hannah Brandt On Sept. 27, the Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVP PAC) hosted union organizer and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta at the home of Pat Wolk. It was a time to [...] Continue Reading
The Phrase “National Interest” Toward a More Humane Understanding
By Joseph Pulido The term “national interest” is regularly employed by presidents and others in government to argue particular programs of foreign policy. Whatever the issue, whether from the Left or [...] Continue Reading