Recommendations for November 5, 2024
The Community Alliance newspaper prints a guide for voters every election cycle. This gives readers the ability to see who is endorsing candidates and you can choose which values you agree [...] Continue Reading
Racism and Class War in Fresno
At a Sept. 23 press conference, City of Fresno officials announced that the City would be aggressively enforcing its harsh new anti-camping ordinance, which calls for arresting unhoused people [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture Calendar
You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Arts & Culture page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over [...] Continue Reading
Calendario de Arte y Cultura
Puedes leer la versión impresa (.pdf) de la página de Arte y Cultura a continuación. Hay funciones que permiten a los usuarios aumentar el tamaño de las páginas para facilitar la lectura. Simplemente [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
The October 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 October 2024 Community Alliance newspaper. There [...] Continue Reading
Artists Unhappy with City Involvement in ArtHop
On Sept. 5, a protest called “ReHop” (@rehopfresno on Instagram) took place on Kern and Fulton streets in Fresno. The event was carried out by artists unhappy with the City’s recent decision regarding [...] Continue Reading
Lights Out!
Heat is dwindling, but the cold is coming soon. With PG&E prices, the Central Valley better bundle up. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), an investor-owned utility company that powers [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Community Alliance Receives Journalism Award We are already in October. When this newspaper hits the streets on Oct. 1, Mexico will have its first female president. Scientist Claudia Sheinbaum, [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Where Does the Money Go? Where has all the federal funding gone? Fresno received lots and lots of money, so where may it be hiding? Fresno was supposed to build lots of tiny homes and remodel “old” [...] Continue Reading
Statue of Nelson Mandela Unveiled at Fresno State
On Sept 12, a statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled at Fresno State. The Nelson Mandela monument is the newest addition to the Fresno State Peace Garden, which houses monuments dedicated to Mahatma [...] Continue Reading
State Seeks to Rescue What’s Left of Valley’s Nature
The San Joaquin Valley has been described as the nation’s most transformed landscape. It has been industrialized with agriculture, resource extraction and spreading urbanization. It has been called a [...] Continue Reading
Military Madness
BY BOB MCCLOSKEY “Military madness is killing your country, So much sadness, between you and me, War, war, war, war, war, war.” —Graham Nash War Abroad and at Home Against the [...] Continue Reading
Prop 36 a Dangerous Ruse
California Proposition 36, the Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative, is on the November ballot. If passed by voters, years of successful sentencing reform and [...] Continue Reading
Statewide Ballot Measures—The Second Five
As noted in last month’s issue, your Nov. 5 ballot will include 10 statewide measures ranging from repairs for public school buildings to increasing the minimum wage. Other issues, including rent [...] Continue Reading
Are the Districts Gerrymandered?
We are in the final stretch of the election season. Ballots will be mailed out to voters on Oct. 7. Even though Election Day isn’t until Nov. 5, once voters receive their ballots they can vote [...] Continue Reading
Local Congressional Races
Since at least October 1805, Americans have heard the phrase, “This election is the most important of our lifetimes.”1 This year, it is more true than ever. There are many electoral [...] Continue Reading
Falling Out with Historical Allies
Recent events on the Fresno electoral scene clearly demonstrate that the goals of elected officials are not always 100% in alignment with the goals of their supporters or groups that have supported [...] Continue Reading
As Relevant as Ever: The BS Factor
Some authors just have a knack for finding an eye-catching title. One such writer was Harry G. Frankfurt, a philosophy professor whose pint-sized book On Bullshit created something of a furor when [...] Continue Reading
Mexico: Court Reform
Mexico has approved and initiated a process of court reform intended to fight corruption through participatory democracy. In Mexico, all judges will be democratically elected. It is the first country [...] Continue Reading
Miguel Arias for City Manager?
BY KEVIN HALLWhile all eyes are turned to the presidential election, local politicians are focused on their immediate prospects. With three Fresno City Council members due to term out in 2026 and only [...] Continue Reading
Trump’s Platform of Fear a Contagion of Violence
Fear is one’s anticipation of danger to oneself or the group you identify such as racial, economic, ethnic or religious. Political fear is among the oldest and has extended since the dawn of [...] Continue Reading
Trump Trumps Himself
When Donald Trump’s Supreme Court erased decades of precedent by overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, evangelicals and conservative Catholics (the “Religious Right”) cheered. However, their long fight [...] Continue Reading
Inferno Tactics
Lukashivka, a Ukrainian village in the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, located just 200 meters from the Russian border, was razed to the ground by guided aerial bombs in March 2024. Oleksandrivka, [...] Continue Reading
FOCAC: Modernization of the Global South
The primary multilateral coordination mechanism connecting China and African nations is the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). FOCAC was one of the first regional organizations established by [...] Continue Reading
Community Groups Say CHS Mismanaged Funds
Two advocacy organizations dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of underserved populations in Fresno are suing the Community Health System (CHS), the nonprofit that operates the two major [...] Continue Reading
Fresno, the New Los Angeles
On Aug. 24, I invited Brunette Harris, Bobbie Parks, Evonne Gordon and Diane Smith to share with me their update on an interview they did 14 years ago with the Community Alliance [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Sponsored Page October 2024 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 [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC
Sponsored Page October 2024 This is a .pdf of the October 2024 Central Valley Progressive PAC. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply [...] Continue Reading
Central Labor Council Sponsored Page
October 2024 [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
October 2024 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the October 2024 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size [...] Continue Reading
El Estado Busca Rescatar lo que Queda de la Naturaleza del Valle
El Valle de San Joaquín ha sido descrito como el paisaje más transformado de la nación. Se ha industrializado con la agricultura, la extracción de recursos y la expansión de la [...] Continue Reading
Apaga la Luz!
El calor está disminuyendo, pero el frío llegará pronto. Con estos precios, al Valle Central más le vale abrigarse bien. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), una empresa de servicios públicos de [...] Continue Reading
México: Profunda Reforma Judicial
En México todos los jueces serán electos de manera directa a través de votación popular. Será el primer país del mundo en que se decide elegir a todos los jueces de esta manera, aunque hay otros [...] Continue Reading
Registrando Votantes Latinos
El pasado 17 de septiembre se celebró el Día Nacional del Registro de Votantes. Por este motivo, Poder Latinx realizó tareas de registro de votantes y junto a miembros de la Federación Americana de [...] Continue Reading