https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article261179377.html OpEd May 7th, FresnoBee How Can We Best Reduce Educational Inequity in Fresno? In Fresno County, there are two schools who differ by a whopping 80% for standardized testing in 2019 with regards to English Language Arts (ELA). …

These days are free of stray curls free on the breeze in these hours, air freezes in constant heat these minutes silence the clouds in motion these seconds steal every smile for the sky disappears summoned by anchors from the depths vanished hues of the sunset bay for redemption the…

A poem — this scorching summer burns away a fragile peace a palm tree’s crown frozen in its mitosis the tiger lilies sag under shriveled roots yet there is sanctity in the dragons and fairies in the stars above spiral roofs still the stars remain constricted by smoke glimmer dimmed to a ghost …

Ten sentences are not enough for the thudding steps, panicked cries It’s a developing story they say but we don’t see that this story has developed to infinity the camera is frozen in the pain of the last squeeze there will be no negatives this time for the facts are…

With Roe v. Wade overturned, the potential negative consequences for women’s health in the United States and its global standing are increasingly on the minds of academics and the public. Ana Langer, professor of public health at Harvard University, says 23,000 women die from unsafe abortions annually. Additionally, a recent…

With every injustice that women face on a daily basis, it is natural to want to burn it all down. Yet, these impulses, for natural reasons, mostly translate into unresolved anger, or more often utopian fiction. That is the case with When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill, a fantastic…

Rights are not stolen with a flash but with a whisper A rough scrawl and a click tighten the chains in one two three in three two one we return to the highways forget the signs and shouts we live with the termination unseen are the prison doors in the…