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Letters to the Editor
Climate Change or Climate Disaster? The term climate change is misleading in the wrong direction. Earth’s climate has changed many times over millions and billions of years. What is happening [...] Continue Reading
Los Campesinos Envejecen Pero No Se Jubilan
Arvin es un somnoliento pueblo rural en el Condado de Kern, California, rodeado por viejas bombas extractoras de petróleo e interminables campos agrícolas. Tiene una población de 21.000 personas [...] Continue Reading
Housing Is Worth Going to Bat For
California hosts one of the greatest rivalries in sports: the L.A. Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. This year, the rivalry reached a climax with the teams holding the best regular-season records [...] Continue Reading
Literally Living in the System
By I. smiley G. Calderon By now, all of Fresno County and the entire nation have heard about the unbelievable and unthinkable temporary housing conditions that Fresno County’s Department of Social [...] Continue Reading
$75 Million in the Bank and No Basic Services for the Unhoused
By Bob McCloskey On Oct. 14, at the regular Fresno City Council meeting, Council Member Miguel Arias said that the City of Fresno currently has $75 million in funds allocated for housing and [...] Continue Reading
Voting Equity on the Line in Fresno County Redistricting
By Vic Bedoian Fresno County, along with all other counties in California, is in the process of redrawing its supervisorial districts. District boundary lines must conform to federal and state [...] Continue Reading
Isolation Punishment Continues after Prison
By Morghan Vélez Young and Andrew Winn Isolation from incarceration—whether in the general prison population or in a secure housing unit (SHU)—is punishment; the very act of sentencing persons to [...] Continue Reading
More Women Are Targets of Xenophobic Hate
By Jenny Manrique Muslim, Asian and Latina women are the main victims of xenophobic attacks in the United States during the recent increase in hate crimes against immigrants. The phenomenon, said [...] Continue Reading
Gender Equality in the Media Business—Still a Lacking Issue
The Women’s Media Center (WMC) just released its 2021 report on the status of women in U.S. media. The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021 includes research from academia, industry and professional [...] Continue Reading