What’s Wrong with Fresno’s Leaders?
Is there any humanity left in Fresno’s leaders? It’s a fair question when the mayor and the City Council refuse to open warming centers even when temperatures drop to 35 degrees. Although the [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
We Need to Vote Some Reps Out The new era of madness started in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20. It was not a surprise because Trump promised lots of extreme right policies as a candidate. And now he [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
A couple of observations regarding your January issue. First, in Ruth Gadebusch’s column (“One Woman’s View”), she states that “If Hunter Biden were not the President’s son, this offense would have [...] Continue Reading
MLK Day
Jan. 20 was the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and the City of Fresno held its annual march and rally in commemoration of the civil rights leader. Fresno is unusual in holding a City-sponsored [...] Continue Reading
Artes y Cultura de Fresno Febrero 2025
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Fresno Arts Calendar February 2025
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Peace and Social Justice Calendar February 2025
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The February 2025 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the February 2025 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
MAGA 2.0: What’s ahead?
There has been much speculation about what the incoming Trump administration and his MAGA base have in store for the country. Despite vehement denials by Trump and his running mate (what was his [...] Continue Reading
Bishop Calls Out Trump to His Face
On his second day as President, Donald Trump attended a church service at the Washington National Cathedral, where Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde used her sermon to deliver a pointed message to the new [...] Continue Reading
Keeping It Real with the Revolutionary MLK
Each year on the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., people who hated him and everything that he worked for, spoke and wrote for, went to jail for and ultimately died for, take his name [...] Continue Reading
Rally Against Pesticide 1,3-D in Visalia
Farmworkers, community leaders and environmental advocates gathered in Visalia to protest the use of the pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene (1,3-D or Telone) and demand stronger regulatory protections from [...] Continue Reading
Golden Inhalers To Be Awarded
Spend a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner listening to the 4th Annual Smoggies, Fresno’s only awards ceremony for political malfeasance and climate avoidance. Journalists will be honored for capturing [...] Continue Reading
Managing Valley Aquifers
California recently celebrated 10 years since the enacting of the State Groundwater Management Act, the landmark legislation known by the acronym SGMA. The law mandated that overdrafted groundwater [...] Continue Reading
“Punishing and Insulting the Poor”
It’s a problem that many employees face now and then: What should they do if they have a truly awful boss? Several workers in Adelle Waldman’s Help Wanted share this problem, and they came up with [...] Continue Reading
Two Nations, One Struggle
Russia’s aggression has destabilized regions, displaced millions and violated countless human rights, demonstrating that its actions are not only a regional crisis but also a global challenge. In [...] Continue Reading
Cuba Briefly Off the “Terrorism” List
(Editor’s note: Just a few hours into the new Trump administration, the White House announced that Cuba is back on the list of “terrorist countries.”) The U.S. State Department maintains a list of [...] Continue Reading
Lessons from Nuremberg
(Editor’s note: At press time came the announcement of the Jan. 15 ceasefire and prisoner/hostage exchange between Hamas and the Israeli government. This agreement is welcome, but it remains to be [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Gender-Affirming Surgery Support Trans-e-Motion has reopened its Community Care Grants, which fund gender-affirming surgeries for Central Valley residents, thanks to a $5,000 grant from Equality [...] Continue Reading
Manifestación Contra el Pesticida 1,3-D en Visalia
Trabajadores agrícolas, líderes comunitarios y defensores del medio ambiente se reunieron en Visalia para protestar contra el uso del pesticida 1,3-dicloropropeno (1,3-D o Telone) y exigir [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
February 2025 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the February 2025 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
