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What Would Happen if Hospitals Openly Shared Their Prices?

February 13, 2019

Imagine there was a store where there were no prices on items, and you never knew what you’d pay until you’d picked out your purchases and were leaving the shop. You might be skeptical that the store would have any incentive to offer reasonable prices. ...

Opinion: Where, Oh Where, Should the Raiders Play?

AP News

February 12, 2019

The Raiders thought they finally found a place to play next season, only to find out they're not wanted in San Francisco. Not by the mayor, and certainly not by the team that still calls itself the San Franc...

Image of Fresno from a distance painted by a homeless woman.

If Fresno Does This, Homelessness Ends Tomorrow

gvwire

February 11, 2019

(Author’s note: This fictional account illustrates the events, policy changes and political will it would take to end homelessness in our community.) The New Year started off normal enough, but before Februa...

Who Chooses Abortion? More Women Than You Might Think.

The Conversation

February 9, 2019

The abortion debate is at the center of U.S. political dialogue. As of June 2018, 49 percent of Americans consider themselves pro-choice, while 45 percent consider themselves pro-life. Voices from both sides flood social media feeds, while newspapers, radio an...

Photo of Eddie Cantor wearing blackface while performing "If You Knew Susie."

I Was a Blackface Minstrel. I Was 8. It Was 1957 in Fresno. It Was Wrong.

gvwire

February 6, 2019

Virginia’s governor has managed to step in it big time with spasmodic apologies, denials, retractions, and pin-balling responses to a photo on his medical school yearbook page. The photo depicts someone in b...

Opinion: New York Abortion Law Allows Infanticide

gvwire

February 5, 2019

As a child in the early 90’s, I would sometimes visit the old Valley Children’s Hospital at Shields and Millbrook avenues, where my father worked. The NICU unit was near my dad’s office, and there was an outsid...

California Conservation Corps members improve a trail in Northern California

My Turn: We Need a Bold Vision for Juvenile Justice. Newsom’s Plan Falls Short

CALmatters

February 4, 2019

Over the past two decades, California’s Division of Juvenile Justice’s inmate population has fallen from 10,000 to around 660. Its annual budget is down 70 percent. Eight of its 11 detention facilities have closed. Opinion Mike Males Special to CALm...

Cheer for the Rams, but in California High Schools, Even Football Powerhouses Are Losing Kids

CALmatters

February 2, 2019

If the Golden State has a rooting interest in the Super Bowl on Sunday, it won’t just be because the Los Angeles Rams will be on the field. Roughly one player in six on the Rams’ and New England Patriots’ activ...

Joel Fox: Changing Prop. 13 Could Worsen Housing Crisis

CALmatters

January 31, 2019

For four decades, Proposition 13, the property tax reform that passed in 1978, has been blamed for many of the ills that have befallen California. Opinion Joel Fox Special to CALmatters High h...

Jim Patterson: Newsom Is Right to Order DMV Overhaul

CALmatters

January 31, 2019

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has been a source of frustration for employees and customers for as long as anyone can remember. I started pushing for major reforms of this department in 2016 when my office was flooded with calls from truck driv...

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What Would Happen if Hospitals Openly Shared Their Prices?

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If Fresno Does This, Homelessness Ends Tomorrow

Who Chooses Abortion? More Women Than You Might Think.

I Was a Blackface Minstrel. I Was 8. It Was 1957 in Fresno. It Was Wrong.

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Joel Fox: Changing Prop. 13 Could Worsen Housing Crisis

Jim Patterson: Newsom Is Right to Order DMV Overhaul