By Yezdyar “Yez” Kaoosji The Fresno City College Jazz Band entertained a “yuuge” crowd of more than 3,000 enthusiastic supporters as they got ready to welcome Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.). They [...] Continue Reading
Politics
A Renters’ Victory in Madera
By Eduardo Stanley Last October, 30 families living in the Laguna Knoll apartment complex of Madera received a no-fault 60-day eviction. This decision sparked the reaction of City Council Member [...] Continue Reading
Plug That Leak!
By Robert Navarro Okay citizens, it’s time to brush up on the Brown Act again. Not familiar with it? I’d always heard about it in connection with “sunshine” but was never sure if it had to do with [...] Continue Reading
Green Party to Assemble in Fresno
By Richard Gomez The Green Party of California will hold its next General Assembly in Fresno on Dec. 7 and 8. The General Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the state’s Green Party and [...] Continue Reading
CDP Focuses Attention on the Central Valley
By Michael D. Evans The recently elected California Democratic Party (CDP) chair, Rusty Hicks, has committed to focusing on traditionally underserved areas of the state including the Central [...] Continue Reading
Palast Exposes Voter Suppression
By Michael D. Evans Greg Palast, a reporter with U.K. newspaper The Guardian and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election, headlined the Fresno Free College [...] Continue Reading
California to Subsidize Growers’ Labor Camps
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission. Originally appeared in Capital and Main, Oct. 4, 2019.) In California, many farmworkers can’t find decent places to live, or even any [...] Continue Reading
Where Is Dyer on Addressing the Homeless?
By James Mendez At an Oct. 16 press conference, three of Jerry Dyer’s strong supporters—Fresno City Council Members Mike Karbassi and Garry Bredefeld and Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall—of his [...] Continue Reading
Relationships Speak Loudly in Fresno’s Mayoral Race
By James Mendez I attended the Asian Pacific Islander (API) Mayoral Candidates Forum on Oct. 19. Andrew Janz and Jerry Dyer discussed their positions on poverty in Fresno, lack of parks for many of [...] Continue Reading
A Sad State of Affairs
By Ruth Gadebusch What is happening to our democracy, this experiment of hope and promise? There have been other times of fright and fear when we were divided, but the chasm hardly seemed this wide [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County General Plan: “Jello without the Mold”
By Radley Reep Why is land-use planning such a slippery mess? Well, the answer’s quite simple actually: It’s intended to be that way. Title 7 of the California Government Code charges city [...] Continue Reading
The New Citizenship: “A Place Called Nowhere”
By Robert Navarro With the rise of nationalist hatreds, exclusion and secession, what we are witnessing is a panic reaction to the clearly approaching chaos—the inevitable result of neoliberalism’s [...] Continue Reading