By Leni Reeves It is hard to forgive someone after they have done evil things to us. In 2014 and 2015, the U.S. government resumed diplomatic relations with Cuba, took Cuba off the list of state [...] Continue Reading
Politics
Local Peace Groups Unhappy with Recent Fresno State Decision
By Camille Russell and Dan Yaseen On April 26, the Fresno State administration abruptly canceled the university’s months-long search for a faculty member to fill the Edward Said Chair professorship [...] Continue Reading
Ire for Democrat Who Pulled Plug on California’s Single-Payer Bill
By Jon Queally Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Common Dreams at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/24/ire-democrat-who-pulled-plug-californias-single-payer-bill and is [...] Continue Reading
Opinion: Democrats Challenging Nunes in Danger of Losing Big
By Emily Cameron Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) will retain control of California’s 22nd Congressional District in 2018 if the Democratic Party on both the national and local levels continue running [...] Continue Reading
Legal Defense Funding: In Defense of Immigrants’ Civil Liberties
By Daniel O’Connell In June 2016, Donald Trump launched his bid to be President of the United States with an extraordinary discriminatory anti-immigrant statement: “When Mexico sends its people, [...] Continue Reading
Would Anyone Else Also Not Believe Trump Under Oath?
By Halima Aquino As Americans, we dare to dream of a better future. Although we often experience grizzly disagreements between and within our political parties, at the root of it all, we share a [...] Continue Reading
Dump Nunes!
**The content in this section is paid for by the Central Valley Progressive PAC** By Mike Rhodes Valley Congressional Representative Devin Nunes’ role as a lapdog for President Donald Trump does not [...] Continue Reading
Michegoss: Donald J. Trump
By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. American political commentator, talk show host and author Chris Matthews, best known as host of the nightly hour-long talk show Hardball on MSNBC, has characterized [...] Continue Reading
Opponents of Single Payer Think You’re Stupid… But Nothing is Dumber Than a For-Profit Healthcare System
By Pat LaMarche Editor’s note: This article was originally published under a Creative Commons Attribution [...] Continue Reading
Devin Nunes Faces Growing Backlash from Constituents and a Challenger
By Vic Bedoian Since the election of Donald Trump, Valley progressives have been increasing the political heat on Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare). The representative of California’s 22nd District allied [...] Continue Reading
CDP Convention Leaves Progressives Divided
By Emily Cameron As supporters of Kimberly Ellis, candidate for California Democratic Party (CDP) chair, huddled under patches of shade on a warm Sacramento afternoon at Cesar Chavez Plaza, a local [...] Continue Reading