En las elecciones del próximo 2 de noviembre, Madera decidirá en las urnas quién será el/la representante del distrito #5. Dos mujeres se disputan el puesto que quedó vacante en las elecciones del [...] Continue Reading
Politics
Tale of Two Cities: The Continuing Saga
These two maps tell the story of last year’s presidential election in Fresno. Map #1, from the Fresno County Registrar of Voters’ office, shows the November 2020 election results in the City of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Serving Dead Time Without Answers
By Santarosa Garcia The Fresno County Jail has been devastated by Covid-19 since its first massive outbreak in June 2020.1 As of mid-January, 3,813 inmates at the jail and 171 correctional staff [...] Continue Reading
Covid-19 Spreads Rapidly Among Inmates
By Eduardo Stanley Covid-19 is spreading fast among inmates in jails and prisons everywhere as some people had warned from the beginning of the pandemic—from health officials to journalists. [...] Continue Reading
“Disappointed” Enough for Change?
By Kevin Hall The year 2020 tied 2016 as the hottest in human history. Other new records were set for Arctic heat and wildfires, tropical storms in the Atlantic, and locally, the Creek Fire, the [...] Continue Reading
Hope for Clovis
By Michael D. Evans Educator Noha Elbaz, a Democrat, is seeking election to the City Council in Clovis. That’s not a typo. Elbaz is a Democrat running because the Clovis City Council “needs new and [...] Continue Reading
Will the Real State Sponsors of Terrorism Please Stand Up?
By Leni Villagomez Reeves Cuba State Sponsor of Terrorism but not Saudi Arabia? The Trump regime placed Cuba on the U.S. State Sponsor of Terrorism list on Jan. 11, just five days after inciting [...] Continue Reading
Covfefe Affects City Leader Cognition
By Kevin Hall Key terms: COVID19—acronym for COronaVIrus Disease of 2019; covidiots—people who ignore COVID19 safeguards; Covfefe—a gathering of two or more covidiots. A local election night [...] Continue Reading
Voters of Color Restored Democracy in America
By Sunita Sohrabji and Pilar Marrero In a country that is polarized and hurt by Covid-19 and divisive leadership, a massive turnout of voters resulted in a close election where Democrat Joe Biden [...] Continue Reading
Georgia, HBCUs and the Fate of Humanity
By Kevin Hall “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of [...] Continue Reading
Election 2020: Revival and Tentative Enthusiasm
By Michael D. Evans National The Biden-Harris team not only defeated Donald Trump, charitably the worst President ever, but also staved off the demise of democracy at least for another election [...] Continue Reading