United Against Hate
// By Community Alliance
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Letters to the Editor
// By Community Alliance
Kudos to Columnist I am the author of two books. I am contacting you about “Another Fresno Opportunity” (January 2024 issue) written by Ruth Gadebusch. Born and raised in Fresno, I have never had [...] Continue Reading
2024 Primary Election Endorsements
// By Community Alliance
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Progressive, Local/Independent News
// By Community Alliance
The March 2024 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 March 2024 Community Alliance newspaper. There are [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
// By Eduardo Stanley
Change Needed at Board of Supervisors The Fresno County Board of Supervisors continues to run the county as if it’s their domain, with an unapologetic arrogance and a backward ideology. Their [...] Continue Reading
Supervisors Reverse Development Restrictions
// By Gregory Weaver
(Editor’s note: The article below is reprinted by permission of Fresnoland. The Board of Supervisors vote on the issue referenced in the article took place after the original publication, therefore [...] Continue Reading
Major New Attack on Workers’ Right to Organize
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
Two of the most obscenely rich men in the world, together with the German corporation Aldi, which owns more than 12,000 stores in 18 countries, have directly attacked the only agency charged with [...] Continue Reading
Where Have All the Public Dollars Gone?
// By Bob McCloskey
California spent $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness from 2018 to 2022, reported Nick Watt of CNN, on July 11, 2023. His article, “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. The [...] Continue Reading
FUSD Needs Updated Cell Phone Policy
// By Steven Roesch
In late January, the Fresno Bee ran an article titled “Fresno Unified’s Phone Policy Is 20 Years Old. Teachers Say They Can’t Teach, Need Support.” In the article, some Fresno Unified School [...] Continue Reading
One Judge Tries to Negate All Gun Safety Laws
// By Jim Mendez
The Fresno Bee reported that ammunition sales at some Fresno gun stores increased from Jan. 30 through Feb. 6.1 These dates coincide with federal Judge Roger Benitez halting required background checks [...] Continue Reading
Endorsements Take Courage, Too
// By Kevin Hall
When Esmeralda Soria ran unsuccessfully for Congress four years ago, the folks at Courage California, formerly Courage Campaign, heartily endorsed her as part of a slate of progressives, a California [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change Adaptation Partnership
// By Debay Tadesse
It is not easy to fully understand a system as complex as global climate change. However, a wealth of evidence shows that global warming is occurring. The evidence comes from direct measurements of [...] Continue Reading
Day of Remembrance
// By Vic Bedoian
It was an historically ironic location for the Japanese American Citizens League’s annual Day of Remembrance—the Fresno Fairgrounds, where thousands of American citizens were held for months living in [...] Continue Reading
United Against Hate
// By Community Alliance
California Attorney General Rob Bonta will be the keynote speaker on April 6 at the United Against Hate forum at Fresno City College. “We must stand united against hate and do our part to prevent [...] Continue Reading
Stop the Hate Event at the Fresno Center
// By Community Alliance
The latest effort by the San Joaquin Valley Media Alliance, the Community Alliance newspaper and several co-sponsors in the Stop the Hate campaign was a meeting at the Fresno Center in southeast [...] Continue Reading
Peace Is Possible, Ethical Behavior Is Possible
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
During more than 52 years, various right-wing governments of Colombia and revolutionary forces, including the FARC and the ELN, maintained a state of war. In 2012, formal negotiations for a peace [...] Continue Reading
Lest We Forget
// By Ruth Gadebusch
The need for a Black History Month (February) and likewise a Women’s History Month (March) is not that we forget, but that all too often the stories of these groups are unknown, having been ignored in [...] Continue Reading
Killing the Truth in Gaza
// By Bob McCloskey
“If the genocide in Gaza is not halted, it will presage a new world order. A world where the old rules, more honored in the breach than the observance, no longer matter. It will be a world where [...] Continue Reading
Life and Loss in Kherson Two Years On
// By Zarina Zabrisky
On Feb. 5, Russian artillery hit a southern regional center, Kherson, killing four civilians. With 70,000 Russian troops concentrated in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya oblasts along the Dnipro River, the [...] Continue Reading
Law and Order
// By Malik Simba
Watching the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and the subsequent Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutions and imprisonment or fines of those involved in the criminal activity that left five [...] Continue Reading
LGBTQ Derangement Syndrome
// By Bayard Taylor
Recently, I went to my mailbox and found a sticker that said “God Hates Fags.” What would drive someone to plaster that kind of message? Is that a way to win converts? No. It’s a way to spread fear [...] Continue Reading
Central Labor Council Sponsored Page
// By Community Alliance
March 2024 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Central Labor Council sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC Sponsored Page
// By Community Alliance
March 2024 You can read the print version of the Central Valley Progressive PAC Sponsored Page below. [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
// By Community Alliance
March 2024 Sponsored Page You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
// By Community Alliance
March 2024 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the March 2024 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of [...] Continue Reading
Madera Aprueba Resolución de Alto al Fuego en Gaza
// By ESTHER QUINTANILLA
(Nota del editor: la siguiente historia se imprime con permiso de Central Valley Journalism Collaborative). La ciudad de Madera es la primera en el Valle de San Joaquín que apoya un alto al fuego [...] Continue Reading
La ciudad de Clovis Llega a un Acuerdo con Desiree Martinez
// By Community Alliance
(Nota del editor: La Ciudad de Clovis hizo público el anuncio de un acuerdo de conciliación entre la Ciudad y Desiree “Dez” Martinez que podría tener implicaciones dramáticas en Clovis con respecto a [...] Continue Reading
Día del Recuerdo
// By Vic Bedoian
Fue un lugar históricamente irónico para el “Día del Recuerdo” anual de la Liga de Ciudadanos Americano-Japoneses: el recinto de la feria de Fresno, donde miles de ciudadanos estadounidenses de origen [...] Continue Reading
Nueva Campaña Busca Proteger a la Comunidad Latina de las Grandes Petroleras
// By Brenda Fernanda Verano
(Nota del Editor: se reproduce el siguiente artículo con el permiso de Caló News) Una nueva campaña estatal llamada "Que No Te Engañen" busca desenmascarar las mentiras que los grandes productores [...] Continue Reading