El edificio en la esquina de Oak y Willis en Visalia está en silencio. La reja metálica está encadenada. Un letrero descolorido por el sol aún dice Clínica Gratuita Santa Misericordia. Las ventanas [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Ataque a los inmigrantes
Desde el 20 de enero, Donald Trump ha firmado órdenes ejecutivas (OE), aprobó un proyecto de ley del Congreso e impulsado medidas que castigan a los inmigrantes. Su obsesión es demostrar que los [...] Continue Reading
It Has Happened Here: Hit the Streets!
In the 1935 dystopian novel about fascism titled It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Lewis states that “when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” It seems [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Equity on the Mall
Fourteen hundred people, many of them representing nonprofits in the San Joaquin Valley, came together on April 23 on the mall in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento to listen to speakers, [...] Continue Reading
May Day March in Madera
The Madera May Day Committee announced on April 21 the celebration of International Workers’ Day on May 1 starting at 5 p.m. The celebration will include a 40-minute march through the city [...] Continue Reading
Marcha 1 de Mayo en Madera
El Comité del Día de Mayo de Madera anunció el lunes 21 de abril, la celebración del Día Internacional de los Trabajadores el jueves 1ro. de Mayo a partir de las 5 p.m. en el Parque de la Corte (210 [...] Continue Reading
Woven Resilience
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
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