Fresno poet Mai Der Vang looks back on a dark chapter of history in her new collection “Yellow Rain.” Hmong refugees fleeing Laos at the end of the Vietnam war reported being attacked with chemical and biological weapons that led to thousands of deaths, but American scientists dismissed refugee accounts, …
Read More »Forgotten History Of The 1942 Farm Labor Crisis Revealed
While teaching a history course at Fresno State, professor Ethan Kytle stumbled upon the forgotten history of a farm labor crisis in 1942 that inspired Fresno residents to leave their jobs, and classrooms, in order to work in the fields. Kytle, along with co-author Blain Roberts, wrote about the crisis …
Read More »To see ‘forgotten people’ and stop injustice, Catholic leaders take Mass on the road
Bishop Armando Ochoa begins the Mass outside a building that resembles a large red barn. He carries a hooked staff covered in animal fur and wears moccasins and a leather … Click to Continue »
Read More »This Merced County hero will never be forgotten. His name is etched in stone.
Mark Domingue smiled every day he worked as a firefighter in Merced County. “He was just one of those guys who, no matter what was going on at home or … Click to Continue »
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