After feeling the heat in a scathing letter from Jewish lawmakers, California's top elected education official says he hears them. At a news conference Wednesday (Aug. 14), state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond vowed to include the Jewish experience in the state's proposed curriculum on ethnic studies. “Revisions to the...
House Approves Resolution Opposing Israel Boycott Movement in Divisive Vote
[aggregation-styles] CNN Politics The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to approve a non-binding resolution that opposes the boycott movement against Israel, a measure that won broad bipartisan support but faced pushback from some high-profile members. The resolution argues the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (sometimes short-handed as BDS) movement...
City Council Candidate Garcia Touts Business, Veteran Background
With six candidates in the Aug. 13 special election for the vacant northwest Fresno city council seat, the campaign season is on. Lawrence Garcia welcomed about 50 guests to his fundraiser Thursday at the Elbow Room. I heard more than one attendee, all veterans of such functions, mention they saw...
Is She the Face of the New Democrat? Rashida Tlaib Visits Fresno.
In November, Rashida Tlaib made history. In doing so, she has quickly become one of the darlings of the political left. The newly elected congresswoman from Detroit visited Fresno this past weekend. On Saturday (Dec. 1), she delivered the keynote speech at a Council on American-Islamic Relations fundraising dinner in...