Even by the standards of the important military officers who came and went in this tiny village, the man walking behind the Kamaz truck stood out. Soldiers providing security peered from behind fences, their guns bristling in every direction. Two Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters circled overhead, providing additional cover for...
Zakaria: It Turns out That Those Smoke-Filled Rooms Weren’t as Bad as We Thought
History and current polling both tell us that the House of Representatives will likely flip over to Republican control in the November midterms. What happens then? Actual governance will come to a standstill. There will be a flurry of investigations on everything from the Justice Department to Hunter Biden to the border...
Will Iran’s Women Win?
Dictatorships tend to fall the way Ernest Hemingway said people go bankrupt: gradually, then suddenly. The omens can be obvious with hindsight. In 1978 Iran’s corrupt, brutal, unpopular regime was besieged by protesters and led by a sick old shah. The next year it was swept away. Today Iranian protesters are...
Local Iranian Americans Join in Global Solidarity Protest of Islamist Regime
Iranian Americans continued Sunday to join in worldwide protests calling for the overthrow of Iran's Islamist regime. About 200 protesters gathered for the fifth time in recent weeks in River Park to share in an international day of solidarity with the Iranian people, led by the Iranian-American Alliance of Fresno....
Iran’s Protests Are the First Counter-Revolution Led by Women
The girls and women of Iran are just bitchin’ brave, flipping the bird at its Supreme Leader in a challenge to one of the most significant revolutions in modern history. Day after dangerous day, on open streets and in gated schools, in a flood of tweets and brazen videos, they...
US Votes as Democracy Is Under Attack
US midterm elections have traditionally been a referendum on the president. But in 2022 even Joe Biden wants the vote to be all about his predecessor, Donald Trump, who still dominates the GOP. In this episode of GZERO World - and for the first time in front of a live...
Zakaria: China Is Weaker Than We Thought. Will We Change Our Policies Accordingly?
It seems clear that China’s growth is stalling. The country that since 1978 has grown at an average of over 9 percent annually is projected to grow about 3 percent this year. Some think tanks have postponed their projections for when the country’s economy would overtake the United States to become the world’s largest...
He Threw a Shovel at Investigators. Now He’s Going to Prison.
A 28-year-old Fresno man was sentenced Thursday to 12 years and four months in prison after he was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for throwing a shovel at an auto theft investigator two years earlier. The Fresno County District Attorney's Office said Antonio Jesus Palomino was arrested...
Police Report Is a Campaign Issue in Sanger Mayoral Race
In the Nov. 8 election, Sanger voters have a choice between two diverse candidates for mayor — incumbent Eli Ontiveros and challenger Frank Gonzalez. Ontiveros, 45, is a longtime Sanger resident and a family man who operates a concrete business. He has served on the City Council since 2010, including...
Economist Calls Out Fresno Council in Making ‘Lonely Case for Slumlords’
Slumlords are being unfairly picked on by the "economically illiterate," including the Fresno City Council, according to a noted economics professor and author. "(P)oliticians with pitchforks and torches are lining up to bash slumlords with new and more intrusive penalties," says Walter Block, who holds the Eminent Scholar Endowed...