By Jeff Freitas Last April, the Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) Board of Trustees cut school bus service for high school students living within a five-mile radius of the school, eliminating [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
So Tell Me Something New: What about Systems Thinking?
By Jean Kennedy As I reflected on our African-American month of celebrations, it was a little different this year. Along with spending it in the South, my radio shows helped to promote the viewing of [...] Continue Reading
When the Personal Becomes Political
By Kaylia Metcalfe I attended a writers’ conference recently where I listened to a panel discussion about the “The Politics of the Writer” that centered on the idea of separating the artist from the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Joins Eve Ensler’s Call to “Strike, Dance, Rise!”
By Georgia Williams Jemmy Bluestein began spreading the word about One Billion Rising (OBR) when he heard Eve Ensler, noted author of The Vagina Monologues, speak on KFCF radio about a year ago. [...] Continue Reading
Rating the Rater: The Office of Independent Review Issues First Quarterly Report
By Richard Stone Rick Rasmussen, our Man in the O.I.R. (Office of Independent Review), has been on the job for about four months and has filed his first report. I met with him to discuss the impact [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press” Ex-Iranian Hostage Visits San Quentin; Prison Isolation Strikes Chord
By Boston Woodard and Juan Haines Independent journalist Shane Bauer spent 26 months in an Iranian prison, four of those months were in isolation. In 2009, Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were [...] Continue Reading
Chowchilla Freedom Rally
By Diana Block On Jan. 26, more than 400 people from across California rallied, marched and chanted to protest extreme overcrowding, deteriorating healthcare and constant lockdowns in the women’s [...] Continue Reading
The Irish Soldiers of Mexico
By Michael Hogan One of the least-known stories of the Irish who came to America in the 1840s is that of the Irish battalion that fought on the Mexican side in the U.S.-Mexico War of 1846–1848. [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – February 2013
Thanks, Fresno, for a Real Christmas Miracle [The] Inmate Family Council and collaborating churches knew it was time to get the Goodie Bags ready for the ladies in Chowchilla Prison. The warden told [...] Continue Reading
Guest Editorial for Black History Month: Black-Latino Unity Key to Working-Class Unity
By Salvador Sandoval With the start of a new year, it is fitting to look back at history to see where we have been to get our bearings as to where we are headed. U.S. history is permeated by the [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – February 2013
I spent several fascinating days last month observing a trial at the Fresno County Courthouse. On trial were Angelo Fernandez and his two brothers (David and Robert). You may recall that Angelo was [...] Continue Reading