By Jonathan Luevanos Felix On June 11, Miguel Torres was killed by Fresno Police Department (FPD) officers Colin Lewis (repeat shooter in 2014) and Jordan Wamhoff in what amounted to a total of 17 [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Fresno Comes Before Ferguson
By Richard Gomez Peace and nonviolence isn’t just praying and hoping for justice but includes the time when we must roll up our sleeves, get out in the streets and make demands to our duly elected [...] Continue Reading
Doing What’s Right Despite Retaliation and Indifference
By Judy Tsuchiura-Stumpf I am a 62-year-old, disabled, minority female with more than 35 years as a professional in the nursing profession. In the performance of my duties, I became viewed as a [...] Continue Reading
The Smartphone Boycott of Bank of America
By Marc Keyser Matt Taibbi’s scathing report in Rolling Stone on the monumental corruption of the Bank of America is all the more disturbing because so little is being done to stop it. We the People [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press- Runaway Thoughts: A Book Review
By Boston Woodard Runaway Thoughts is an anthology of hope. Creativity and courage, a creation of the POPS (pain of the prison system) school club. This collection of personal stories, essays, poems, [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — November 2014
By Ernesto Saavedra “Alicia was a happy person. She called and couldn’t wait to come home,” Margie Kobashigawa said while speaking about her daughter, Alicia Thompson, mother of three, who died of [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2014
California Prison Officials Retaliate against Inmates Who File Staff Complaints As I’m sure you all know, filing a grievance against correctional officers under the eyes of the law is a form of [...] Continue Reading
Thanks to My Father, It Was Better
By Leonard Adame My father, the former professional pugilist, taught me and my brother and sisters how to defend ourselves against anyone. Jabs, left hooks, feints, proper footwork and an [...] Continue Reading
Court Ruling Could Lead to Abolishment of Death Penalty: The Prison Press – November 2014
By Boston Woodard There is new hope to end state-sanctioned executions in California. In a 39-page ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney, he concluded that California’s death penalty [...] Continue Reading
The Situation Is Critical
By Jonathan Noe Luevanos Felix The Fresno Police Department (FPD) is an organized institution that stands for professionalism. The department is funded by taxpayer money to train competent [...] Continue Reading
Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
By the October 22 Fresno Committee The 19th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation in Fresno will occur on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the [...] Continue Reading
Collaboration and Contradictions: Can Progressive Groups Work Together?
By Richard Stone On Aug. 21, a meeting was co-hosted by the Fresno Partnership and Fresno Metro Ministry to explore possibilities of wider collaboration. An expansive array of groups was [...] Continue Reading