War Some people say Bush's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have now become Obama's wars. But to be honest, we live in a democracy and "we the people" have allowed the wars, so there is blame to share. We [...] Continue Reading
National & International
Mr. Limbaugh and My Primal Rush
Progressive Religion Is Not an Oxymoron Columnist’s note: Although the following article is not about religion or religious practices in any direct way, it is about something of deep concern, even [...] Continue Reading
August Poll: Should we target local Congress members to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Please leave your thoughts and views about the ending the wars in Comments below. [...] Continue Reading
Primary Election Review
(Editor's note: The data reflected in this article was current as of June 16. The Registrar of Voters had not certified the election at that time, and votes were still being counted. The outcome of at [...] Continue Reading
My Political Education in the United Kingdom
Editor's note: Gerry Bill spent two weeks in the United Kingdom just before the May 6 election campaigning on behalf of some Labour candidates. These are his observations on some of the differences [...] Continue Reading
Trip to Israel/Palestine with the Interfaith Peace Builders Delegation
Lynn MacMichael recently returned from one of her many trips to Israel/Palestine, where she joined 32 other delegation members from the United States and Canada for two weeks of meetings and [...] Continue Reading
Grassroots Profile
By: Richard Stone Kamal Abu-Shamsieh is the current (and first) director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno (ICC). With no precedents to draw on, he has been given the opportunity/challenge to [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Foreign Policy Debate: Victor Davis Hanson and Michael Parenti
By: Alan Cheah On April 17 at Fresno Pacific University, Dr. Michael Parenti will debate Dr. Victor Davis Hanson from a progressive versus conservative perspective. Michael Parenti was born of [...] Continue Reading
Vouchers, Charter Schools and Public Education
By: Ruth Gadebusch Charter Schools are the latest panacea for the "failing public schools," or so the self-anointed critics of public education would have us believe. Fresno Unified School District [...] Continue Reading
How to Save Journalism
By John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney (This article appeared in the January 25, 2010, edition of The Nation. The Nation is available at www.thenation.com.) The founders of the American experiment [...] Continue Reading
Speaking Truth to Power
By: Kathy Kelly There is a phrase originating with the peace activism of the American Quaker movement: "Speak Truth to Power." One can hardly speak more directly to power than addressing the [...] Continue Reading
Comcast Wants to Take Over NBC: Why It Matters to You
By: Liz Rose You may have heard that Comcast, the big cable and Internet company, wants to take over NBC Universal. Why should that matter to you? It matters, especially to people who live in the [...] Continue Reading