BY STORM WONIYA HEREDIA In this era of American society, it might feel like what has happened before is happening again, a form of déjà vu. For how familiar this feels, it presents its own [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Protests Against Tesla Grow
On March 15, a protest against the Tesla electric vehicle dealership in north Fresno drew about 200 people. The protest was part of a similar action that occurred in several U.S. cities, with [...] Continue Reading
Missing from the Inaugural Address and Executive Orders
We once had a thriving middle class where each generation could get ahead of their parents’ generation, where there were few unhoused people and catastrophic environmental disasters rarely occurred. [...] Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with Fresno’s Leaders?
Is there any humanity left in Fresno’s leaders? It’s a fair question when the mayor and the City Council refuse to open warming centers even when temperatures drop to 35 degrees. Although the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Speaks Out
“I’m here because it’s Dr. King’s birthday, and I feel that his birthday is everyday,” said Rev. Dr. Floyd Harris Jr., pastor of the Free AME Ministries in Fresno, during a demonstration at Blackstone [...] Continue Reading
Keeping It Real with the Revolutionary MLK
Each year on the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., people who hated him and everything that he worked for, spoke and wrote for, went to jail for and ultimately died for, take his name [...] Continue Reading
Biden’s Federal Commutations
As President Biden prepares to leave office, he has indicated that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row. Biden has indicated in the past that he was against [...] Continue Reading
Full Immigrant Rights in 50 Years?
Given the descent of U.S. immigration policy from its high point in 1965 to its current disastrous low, it might seem unrealistic to describe other than a dystopian vision of the future 50 years from [...] Continue Reading
Fascists Steal Children
As we prepare for the re-inauguration of a fascist monster, it might be good to learn more about something we already know: Fascists steal children. The first Trump regime separated children from [...] Continue Reading
Building Community
This newspaper exists because of the generous support of the community. That support was evident at the Community Alliance annual fundraiser held at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Nov. 30. [...] Continue Reading
Reacting to the Threat of Mass Deportations
Results of the 2024 election and Donald Trump’s menacing immigration policies sparked a coalition of immigrant rights and social justice groups to call a press conference at the federal building in [...] Continue Reading