Economics… August 19, 2022 | West Fresno Road-Widening is the First Step in Gentrification 13 Sep 202214 Sep 2022 Image Above: Southwest Fresno, image from Redfin.com. City of Fresno Planning and Zoning Commission August 17, 2022 Meeting Changes to West North Avenue between South Elm Avenue and South Marks…
Economics… September 9, 2022 | Climate Politics Co-Hosts Lars Maischak and Kevin Hall Interview 13 Sep 202229 Sep 2022 Image above: The area in Southwest Fresno proposed for street widening by the City of Fresno Planning Department Guest, Emily Brandt on the City of Fresno Planning Commission: West North Avenue…
Activism… [Archives 2016] Boycott Driscoll’s | Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State 18 Jun 20208 Jul 2020 Photo Above: Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State, April 12, 2016. Workers are demanding a minimum daily wage of $20, healthcare, overtime pay, 6 weeks of paid maternity and paternity…
Activism… [Archives 2016] Fresno Celebrates LGBTQ Pride and Mourns Orlando Pulse Attack 18 Jun 20208 Jul 2020 Photo above: Marchers holding signs demanding equal rights for genderqueer or LGBTQ individuals. Photo by Hannah Brandt. By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in August 2016…
Activism… [Archives 2016] Fresno Black Lives Matter, Community Protest Police Brutality 18 Jun 202013 Dec 2020 Photo above: Activists protest police brutality and racism in north Fresno on July 9, 2016. Photo by Hannah Brandt By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in…
Economics… May 21, 2020 | Voter’s Choice Roll-Out in Fresno County: The Promises and Perils of Universal Mail-In Ballots 21 May 20208 Jul 2020 A large banner saying "Vote Here/Vote Aquí" outside the Fig Garden Library vote center in the City of Fresno at Bullard and Marks avenues. Photo by Hannah Brandt. By Hannah…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Universal Heart | A profile of Muralist Mauro Carrera 23 Apr 20208 Jul 2020 Photo of the mural by Mauro Carrera at Fulton and La Sierra Drive from the Digital Mural Map at Creative Fresno. It depicts a human figure whose eyes are not…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Landscape, Mythology, and Memory: Chicana Narratives in Murals 23 Apr 20208 Jul 2020 Photo Above: Las Mujeres Muralistas del Valle, 1978. Top (from left to right) Silvia Garcia, Cecilia Aranaydo, Lupe Gonzalez. Bottom (from left to right) Ernestine Silva, Helen Gonzalez A discussion…
Economics… Mar. 2, 2020 | Fresno’s 2020 Mayoral Race: Once Again the Stakes are High 2 Mar 20208 Jul 2020 Aerial view of the City of Fresno. Photo by Ron Reiring via Flickr Creative Commons By Hannah Brandt Mayoral elections are always important, but this is particularly true in Fresno where…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Battle for Matheny Tract: Demanding Water Justice in Tulare County 14 Feb 20208 Jul 2020 By Hannah Brandt Editor's Note: This article was originally published in September 2017 at Community Alliance newspaper at: https://fresnoalliance.com/battle-matheny-tract-demanding-water-justice-tulare-county/ A community screening and discussion of the film The Battle for Matheny Tract took…
Activism… [Archives 2017] Assault on Voting Rights: One of America’s Greatest Injustices Persists 4 Jan 20208 Jul 2020 Occupy Wall Street joined the NAACP as thousands marched in midtown Manhattan on December 10, 2011, to defend voting rights. Photo by Michael Fleshman via Flickr Creative Commons. By Hannah…
Activism… July 2, 2019 | Floyd Harris III: Southwest Fresno Student, Activist, and Cheerleading Champion 2 Jul 20198 Jul 2020 By Hannah Brandt While most four years olds are preoccupied identifying barnyard animals, learning the alphabet, and playing patty-cake, Floyd Harris III accompanied his father Rev. Dr. Floyd Harris Jr.…
