Fresno State News Fresno State’s Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology will receive $18.75 million in one-time funding from the state in its 2022-23 budget to provide infrastructure needed to build programs that prepare future generations for regenerative agriculture practices. This will build long-term stability for food and...
Ian Bremmer: Why Social Media Is Broken & How to Fix It
Social media companies play an outsize role in global politics — from the US to Myanmar. And when they fail, their actions can cost lives. That's why Frances Haugen blew the whistle against her then-employer, Facebook, when she felt the company hadn't done enough to stop an outrage-driven algorithm...
Zakaria: Biden Is Showing That Governing From the Middle Is Possible
Is it possible that, despite all the partisan noise and expert disbelief, Joe Biden is actually managing to do something he promised during his campaign: govern from the center? In trying to revive that old model of governing, Biden is fighting against the tide. But surprisingly, in small but significant...
A Shortfall in Immigration Has Become an Economic Problem for America
This border crisis has come to dominate media coverage and political debate about immigration in America. All the while, another crisis of the opposite sort is brewing: a broader decline in immigration. The resulting shortfall in the population is already making it harder for companies to find workers and...
Recession or Not, the Recovery Has Ended
Whether a recession is eventually declared, the message from the latest economic data is just as sobering: The recovery is, effectively, over. Monthly data suggest consumer spending is flat or falling, especially on goods, and not just big-ticket durables. Spending on groceries is actually down over the last six...
Video Flyover Shows Wide Spread of Oak Fire Smoke from Space
A University of Colorado researcher has used satellite imagery to produce a three-dimensional flyover of the Oak Fire in Mariposa as it spread explosively earlier in the week. Tom Yulsman, director of the Center for Environmental Journalism and a Discover Magazine contributor, created the video as the blaze grew...
Local Retailer Bed Bath & Beyond in a ‘World of Hurt,’ Experts Say
Bed Bath & Beyond, the home goods retailer with stores in Fresno and Visalia, has one foot in the grave and may be at risk of being pulled six feet under, a former industry CEO has warned. The retailer has seen its same-store sales crash 27% in the most...
Mini Nuclear Reactors Offer Promise of Cheaper, Clean Power
The nuclear power industry is trying to bounce back after shrinking for decades, and shrunken nuclear reactors could be one key to success. Combining new technologies, advanced engineering and a market-friendly approach, reactor manufacturers are developing new systems that produce less power but are much smaller and less costly than...
Zakaria: To Tackle Climate Change, Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good
Many climate activists are often focused on pledges to get to net zero emissions by some distant date or insist that every new energy source must be entirely green. But Fareed Zakaria says that we need to cut emissions now, not promise to do so by 2030. And the only...
Are U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia Heading for War With Iran?
The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump sabotaged, does not look like it will be revived. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is reviewing options to attack if Tehran looks poised to obtain a nuclear weapon and Israel, which opposes U.S.-Iran nuclear...