By Mike Rhodes With homelessness increasing in Fresno for the past several years, it is obvious that whatever we are doing, it is not ending homelessness. There are many organizations (West Care, [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Does the City of Fresno Have the Political Will to End Homelessness?
By Gerry Bill (Editor’s note. Gerry Bill is responding to Mike Rhodes’ article about ending homelessness, which can be found HERE). What we are doing is not working. Unfortunately, the [...] Continue Reading
14 Million U.S. Children Will Go Hungry This Week
By Sunita Sohrabji The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically heightened ongoing food insecurity: 14 million U.S. children will go hungry in any given week, and parents are increasingly skipping meals [...] Continue Reading
Who Dies and Who Cares
By Leni Villagomez Reeves When Covid-19 began to cause illness and death in the United States, initially people in general perceived themselves as being at risk. They behaved in ways that [...] Continue Reading
Support for ‘Millionaire’s Tax’ grows
Text and Photos by Peter Maiden Despite high heat and smoke from wildfires, drivers turned out for a Caravan to Commit to Equity Monday, August 24th. Around a dozen cars went from the Caltrain [...] Continue Reading
Tulare County During the Pandemic –The Hard Price of Poverty
A photo essay by David Bacon Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged last week that the coronavirus crisis is expanding far faster among eight rural counties in California’s Central Valley than in the [...] Continue Reading
Graciela Martinez —Presente!
By Daniel O’Connell Love cannot be contained, which is why it is revolutionary. Few lived this truth more than Graciela Martinez, a pure soul and ferocious activist, especially for farmworkers, [...] Continue Reading
Graciela Martinez: A Lifetime of Support for Farmworker Rights and Dignity
By Willie Colón (Editor’s note: Longtime activist Graciela Martinez of Tulare County passed on Aug. 1. She was born in Haringen, Texas, on Jan. 29, 1945. Her family later moved to California [...] Continue Reading
Dakota EcoGardens Receives New Shelter
Text and photos by Caroline Jackson Up, up and away, like a Wizard of Oz scene; that’s how it went on July 31 at the Dakota EcoGarden. The Dakota EcoGarden [...] Continue Reading
Some Lessons from the Last Revolution
By Joel Eis Things are getting interesting. History is getting more personal every day. Street demonstrations are a great thing, but they’re not a movement. They’re an action to show how people [...] Continue Reading
From Slave Patrols to Police Departments
By James Mendez On June 25, the Fresno City Council voted 5-1 to fund Advance Peace in its 2020–21 budget. Advanced Peace brings a community-based program to Fresno and will work to decrease [...] Continue Reading
Hundreds March in Support of Black Lives Matter
Photos by Peter Maiden Several hundred marchers met at Saint Rest Baptist Church in West Fresno June 6 to promote the message of Black Lives Matter in a peaceful manner. They marched over a mile to [...] Continue Reading