The sun is finally out, heating up the fields and bringing much need nourishment to the abundance of Mediterranean crops that grow here in the Central Valley. Politics are heating up too: The federal [...] Continue Reading
National & International
Dictatorship by Corporations in Benton Harbor, Michigan
On May 23, 2011, I had the privilege of interviewing the Reverend Edward Pinkney and his wife Dorothy in Chicago. Rev. Pinkney has gained national recognition for his leadership in galvanizing [...] Continue Reading
In Solidarity with the People of Cuba
On July 7, a school bus will roll into Fresno, more than half stuffed with cargo, but with a few seats remaining, with windows wide open for cooling and colorful artwork showing its mission―the [...] Continue Reading
Bar Talk Reveals Educational Success
So. Not that I’ve lied to you before, but this one is really true. Sort of. Well, in its essentials, it’s true. The other day, in the middle of May, during that unusually cool and wet weather, I was [...] Continue Reading
The Great Game’s New Clothes: Dispatches from the Edge
According to U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta, the United States never informed Pakistan about the operation to assassinate al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden because it [...] Continue Reading
Nuclear Power Is in Need of a Three-Strikes Law:
Too Dangerous, Too Inefficient, Too Expensive “It is useless. If we are in hell now, all we can do is crawl toward heaven.”—Heroic Japanese worker Dangers and Inefficiencies If nuclear power was a [...] Continue Reading
Obama’s “Shared Sacrifice” Hits the Poor and Middle Class Hardest
Editor’s note: This article is a reprint with permission of an editorial that appeared in the May 2, 2011, issue of The Nation magazine, www.thenation.com. President Obama’s speech unveiling his [...] Continue Reading
The Pledge of Allegiance Was Really a Marketing Ploy
Fresno State student gadfly Neil O’Brien recently got exercised by Associated Students Vice President for Finance Cesar Sanchez’s comments on video that the Pledge of Allegiance was originally a scam, [...] Continue Reading
Bank of America: Your Taxes Are Due!
About 100 protestors on Shaw Avenue (across from Fashion Fair) held signs, sang and demanded that Bank of America pay its taxes. Protesters said Bank of America is the largest bank and the fifth [...] Continue Reading
The Soldiers of the Russian Winter
It is winter and I am drawn to a large map, designed in 1869 by French civil engineer and statistician Charles Minard. It is a graphic of the 1812 march of Napoleon and his imperial Grande Armee, [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Return to the Dark Ages By Ruth Gadebusch The assault on women continues. Worse yet, it has intensified in the current political climate. The party that once expressed great belief in keeping [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Candlelight Vigil Responds to Tucson Tragedy
Dozens of individuals from communities throughout Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kings counties joined together in a peaceful vigil on January 11. Individuals held candles and signs with the names of the [...] Continue Reading