By Shannon M. Mulhall Picture a person with a disability. Did you picture a person using a wheelchair? Were they playing basketball, a kid in an afterschool program or advising at high levels of [...] Continue Reading
National & International
Edward Said Lecture Series
By Vida Samiian The Middle East Studies program at Fresno State will host its first Edward Said Lecture Series this fall honoring the late Palestinian-American literary theorist and public [...] Continue Reading
Cuba Continues to Evolve in Its Own Unique Ways
By Gerry Bill Trying to paint an accurate word picture of Cuban society is very much like trying to paint a ballerina’s pirouette— one can capture a point in time image, but dynamics of the move are [...] Continue Reading
Cuba, a Safe Place
By Leni Reeves One of our Fresno participants in the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba commented about his trip to Cuba: “I’ve never felt so safe.” He was at the Black Lives Matter demonstration on [...] Continue Reading
Nunes Calls for San Joaquin River Salmon to Go Extinct
By Gary Lasky In a lengthy, conspiracy-tinged June 12 letter to Investor’s Business Daily, Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) gives free rein to his interesting fantasies about the incredible clout of [...] Continue Reading
Perpetual Destruction of the Middle East
By Andre Vltchek I stood on metal beams—remains of a highway bridge that used to connect two shores of the Khazer River. I was told that the river was just a few miles from the city of Mosul. I could [...] Continue Reading
Visit Cuba with Pastors for Peace
By Leni Reeves It’s a good year for those who have wanted to go on a Pastors for Peace Caravan. There will still be optional U.S. bus routes—in Fresno on July 7, so please come see us off—but there [...] Continue Reading
Q&A with an Ex-Con Whistleblower
By Marc Keyser Editor’s note: This is part two of a Q&A series with Marc Keyser, ex-con whistleblower and author of ANTHRAX: Shock and Awe Terror. Read part one on our Web site at [...] Continue Reading
Journalists, Professors, Legislators are Victims of the Corporate State
By Alex Vavoulis Journalists, professors and legislators all have become victims of the Corporate State; they are all victims of the capitalist class because the three provide fertile ground for the [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day 2015
By George B. Kauffman In 1969, anti–Vietnam War demonstrations convinced Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D–Wisc.) and Rep. Pete McCloskey (R–Calif.) to organize a huge grassroots protest over what was happening [...] Continue Reading
We Can Create Lasting Change
By Hannah Brandt On Feb. 27, Donna Brazile spoke to a relatively full house in the North Gym at Fresno State while a softball game roared a few meters away. The two events started at about the [...] Continue Reading
Conversations on the Politics of the Modern Middle East
By Vida Samiian The series of lectures titled Conversations on the Politics of the Modern Middle East aim to create a dialogue and conversation on contemporary pressing issues facing the Middle [...] Continue Reading