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
Social Justice
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
Stop the Hate in Action
On Oct. 28, three members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC; in Topeka, Kan.), “arguably, the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, arrived [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: A Cruel and Unusual City
Since the implementation of the City of Fresno’s harsh and cruel anti-camping ordinance on Sept. 23, there have been 150 arrests of unhoused individuals in Fresno. Most arrests occurred in early to [...] Continue Reading
Homelessness and Reagan Deja Vu
At the time they began dreaming up Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day (HPMD) and hoping to make it the real annual occasion it has since become in about 100 U.S. cities, a group of New Yorkers gathering [...] Continue Reading
White Fog in Yokuts Valley
I grew up on the coast of Maine where fog rolled in so thick you couldn’t see the road ahead when you wanted to get somewhere. You had to inch forward at a few miles an hour, along the painted white [...] Continue Reading
Lento Avance Para los Vendedores Ambulantes
El Ayuntamiento de Fresno aprobó una nueva ley que impone restricciones estrictas a los vendedores ambulantes, prohibiéndoles vender en áreas designadas. La “Ordenanza de venta ambulante” se aprobó [...] Continue Reading
Racism and Class War in Fresno
At a Sept. 23 press conference, City of Fresno officials announced that the City would be aggressively enforcing its harsh new anti-camping ordinance, which calls for arresting unhoused people [...] Continue Reading
Visalia Confronts Homelessness
On Oct. 4, Community Services Employment Training (CSET) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new Visalia Navigation Center (VNC). The facility is part of an enormous project that aims to [...] Continue Reading