By Tom Frantz A serious incident involving harm to scores of children occurred on Nov. 14 in Kern County. It happened at the Kern County Soccer Park where the American Youth Soccer Organization [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
Climate Change: Is the Paris Conference Doomed to Fail?
By George B. Kauffman Editor’s note: The sources for the information included herein are available in the online version of this article. The UN Conference on Climate Change meeting at Le Bourget, [...] Continue Reading
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret
A personal reflection by Camille Russell With a title like Cowspiracy, it better be good! Cowspiracy contends that animal agriculture in the 21st century is “the most destructive industry facing the [...] Continue Reading
Disability Rights Groups Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide
Editor’s note: The following article is republished with permission from Not Dead Yet, a disability advocacy organization. The majority of disability groups, such as ADAPT and the Center for [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Not Only Carmakers Cheating on Emissions, Local Industry Causes Suffering for Thousands
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) supposedly had no clue that a local factory, right under its nose in Fresno County, was polluting the air at many [...] Continue Reading
Disability Rights 25 Years and Counting
By Shannon M. Mulhall Picture a person with a disability. Did you picture a person using a wheelchair? Were they playing basketball, a kid in an afterschool program or advising at high levels of [...] Continue Reading
Former Migrant to Fresno Advocates for Children in Poverty
By Hannah Brandt Like the migrants and refugees flooding Europe’s shores today, Luan Huynh’s family escaped the ravages of war in Vietnam on a boat. In their case, it was her father’s fishing boat, [...] Continue Reading
NEW ORLEANS A DECADE AFTER KATRINA “Waiting for Godot” Courtesy of Disaster Capitalism
By Gilbert Mercier (Editor’s note: This article first appeared at News Junkie Post: www.newsjunkiepost.com.) When journalists report on a story— providing that they embrace a pseudo-neutral AP [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Asks Feds for Permission to Harm Public Health
By Tom Frantz Using funds designated to clean our air, local San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) officials went on a political jaunt this September to Washington, D.C. [...] Continue Reading
Hopelessness to Hope
By Bev Fitzpatrick and Yellowfeather Noriega (Authors’ note: This story is told by both Bev Fitzpatrick and Yellowfeather Noriega.) Meeting Hopelessness on the Street (Fitzpatrick) Meeting [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Don’t Pollute Our Air to Save the Planet
By Tom Frantz There is a bill before the current legislature in California that is mislabeled as a project appropriate for greenhouse gas reduction funding. This bill is numbered AB590 and is [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: The Grand Deception | Drought and Air Quality
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district), and the local Air Board that controls it, has a problem. The No. 1 air quality issue in the San Joaquin Valley is [...] Continue Reading