By George B Kauffman As our nation prepares to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the entire world is preparing to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin, who is ranked alongside our [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System
By Ernesto Saavedra (Author’s note: This is one of a series of articles on this subject. Stay tuned for more to come.) There are more people incarcerated in the United States than in any other [...] Continue Reading
IPCC Issues “Final Word” on Climate Change
By George B. Kauffman On Sept. 21, 2014, more than 400,000 people attended the People’s Climate March in New York City, two days before 120 world leaders, including President Barack Obama, but not [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Valley Industry Pollutes More than Cars
By Tom Frantz Believe it or not, fewer than 30 large companies in the San Joaquin Valley pollute our air as much as all of the Valley’s approximately 1.3 million personal vehicles driven regularly by [...] Continue Reading
Despite City’s Poor Process, Community Wins Key Victories in General Plan
By Building Healthy Communities Fresno Building Healthy Communities’ leaders are utterly disappointed that the City of Fresno disregarded the community’s request for more time to understand the City [...] Continue Reading
Blight to Light
By Clayton Whited, Omar Ruiz, Juanita Perez and Patricia Sifuentes Blight to Light is a cooperative effort involving Fresno State students, community members, city officials and property owners to [...] Continue Reading
Aiming at the Homeless, Aiming at People of Color
Photo Essay By Leonard Adame Dirty. Animals. Lazy. Beggars. Criminals. Parasites. Abnormal. Stupid. These are terms (and so many more) aimed at the homeless, and at people of color. Surely, you the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Votes to Invest in Health
By the Community Alliance In January of this year, Fresno County’s healthcare safety net, the Medically Indigent Services Program (MISP) was on the brink of being completely dismantled due to lack of [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air – December 2014: FAQs About Winter Air Quality in the San Joaquin Valley
By Tom Frantz Q: What kind of pollution is most common during the winter in the San Joaquin Valley? A: During the months of October through March there is a significant drop in our ozone pollution [...] Continue Reading
California Environmental Justice Groups Unite to Fight Government and Industry
By Vic Bedoian Environmental activists from throughout the state got together Nov. 8 in the Central Valley to form a new coalition they hope will enhance their campaigns for healthy communities. Their [...] Continue Reading
Homeless Lawsuit against the City of Fresno Ends in Settlement
By Mike Rhodes The smile on the faces of homeless people as they cashed their checks left no doubt about who was victorious in the lawsuit against the City of Fresno. The lawsuits, filed by 36 [...] Continue Reading
What’s So Deadly about Dust?
By Hannah Brandt With the surge in Valley Fever cases over the past few years, are we amid a new Dust Bowl? If you live outside California or the Southwest, you may never have heard of Valley Fever, [...] Continue Reading