Boycott Driscoll’s: Local activists picketed Driscoll’s Berries outside Whole Foods grocery store in Fig Garden on May 14. Images by Hannah Brandt. [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
AT&T 2016 Shareholders Meeting: CWA Activists vs “Business as Usual”
By Stan Santos Communications Workers of America District 9 is in a struggle with AT&T for the jobs and livelihoods of almost 16,000 members in California and Nevada. Over a dozen members from [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Public Defender’s Office Under Fire from ACLU
By Amanda Tripp A lawsuit accusing the Fresno County Public Defender’s office of providing inadequate defense will continue to move forward; mid-April Judge Mark Snauffer ruled in favor of allowing [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Homeless Forsaken By Those in Power, part 2 |
By Paul Thomas Jackson The civil rights of people—whether homeless or stably housed—are also at stake in encounters and detentions by police, whose duties are ever more burdensome. As of 2016, the [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – June 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday June 9, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK June 1, first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
Islamophobia is Racism
By Hannah Brandt “Most terrorist attacks are not carried out by Muslims or any people from the Middle East, S. Asia or Africa. In fact, Muslims and people from this part of the world are often the [...] Continue Reading
BOYCOTT DRISCOLL’S | Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State
By Hannah Brandt “Do you have brothers or sisters or someone close to you who is eight-years-old? I’m sure none of us would like a child this age to be lifting fruit for ten hours a day. In San [...] Continue Reading
Two Lawyers Walk into a Bar. And Get Kicked Out for Being Black.
By Abre’ Conner and Novella Coleman (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at ACLUNC. org. It is reprinted with permission from ACLU Northern California) ACLU lawyers are used to [...] Continue Reading
Islamophobia | The Current Face of Racism in America
By Dan Yaseen Islamophobia translates into fear of Islam. Some people may object to calling Islamophobia racism because Islam is a religion, not a race. Yes, Islam is a religion, but Islamophobia is [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Homeless Forsaken By Those in Power
By Paul Thomas Jackson (Editor’s Note: Part 2 of this article will be published in the June edition) In our present economic system, the dominant element—capital—plays its normal role on the main [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – May 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING May 12 (second Thursday of each month), 7-9 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. Meetings are open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK May 4 [...] Continue Reading
Dispatches from the War Zone: Homelessness in Fresno (2002–2015)
By Mike Rhodes Did the City of Fresno really use federal money intended to help the poor and bulldoze homeless shelters with it? Why was it necessary for a federal judge to order the city to stop [...] Continue Reading