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In Neighborhoods With Street Named for MLK, Residents are Poorer, Highly Segregated: Study

January 18, 2021

Poverty rates are almost double the national average in areas surrounding streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., according to a recent study, and educational attainment is much lower. Our geography rese...

Oregon Just Decriminalized All Drugs. Here’s Why Voters Passed Groundbreaking Reform

The Conversation

December 20, 2020

Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize the possession of all drugs on Nov. 3, 2020. Measure 110, a ballot initiative funded by the Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group backed in part...

New Streaming Series Examines Heaven’s Gate Suicide. This Author Wrote the Book on Cult.

The Conversation

December 5, 2020

Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness on March 26, 1997 when law enforcement discovered 39 decomposing bodies in a San Diego mansion. Each detail that emerged from ...

Doing This One Thing Helps Community College Students Transfer to a 4-Year University

The Conversation

November 26, 2020

Elizabeth has always wanted to be a doctor. While a high school senior, she was hoping to achieve her dream through attending the state’s main university campus, but she was put on a waiting list. A friend t...

Six Strategies for Managing Nation’s Flammable Landscapes as Fire Crisis Grows

The Conversation

November 15, 2020

As of late fall, wildfires are still smoldering under snowfall in Colorado. I am hoping that the cold and snowy weather over the last few days will finally put to bed the 2020 fire season in my state. Through m...

Most US Farmers Remain Loyal to Trump Despite Pain From Trade Wars and COVID-19

The Conversation

October 24, 2020

By Wendong Zhang and Minghao Li U.S. farmers have suffered a lot in the past few years: The trade war with China, natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have all resulted in substantial losses for many ...

When Will COVID Pandemic End? History Shows Diseases Are Often Here to Stay

The Conversation

October 18, 2020

When will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 39 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million deaths globally, you may be wondering, with increasing exasperation, how long this will continue. ...

Catalog of Polling Failure Includes Epic Miscalls and Unforeseen Landslides

The Conversation

October 17, 2020

The question looms in nearly every U.S. presidential election, even in this year’s race: Could the polls be wrong? If they are, they likely will err in unique fashion. The history of election polling says as mu...

9 Reasons to Be Optimistic a COVID-19 Vaccine Will Arrive in 2021

The Conversation

August 23, 2020

As fall approaches rapidly, many are wondering if the race for a vaccine will bear fruit as early as January 2021. I am a physician-scientist and infectious diseases specialist at the University of Virginia,...

What’s in That Wildfire Smoke, and Why Is It So Bad for Your Lungs?

The Conversation

August 22, 2020

If I dare to give the coronavirus credit for anything, I would say it has made people more conscious of the air they breathe. A friend texted me this week after going for a jog in the foothills near Boise, I...

Trump Rails Against Unsupportive GOP, Including Valadao

Fresno State, All Other CSU and UC Campuses to Require COVID-19 Vaccine

Only 25 of 600 Available COVID Jabs Given at County Sites. Now One is Shut Down.

California Senate OKs Supervised Sites for Drug Users

Analysis: Christian Nationalism a Barrier to COVID Mass Vaccination

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers ‘Afraid’ to Donate

Redemption Is Here for Autry's Film 'Victory By Submission'

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

How MrBeast Burgers Came to Fresno and Who Makes Them

Walters : Pandemic has Damaged California’s School Children

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump