May Day Clouded by ICE Activity
On May 1, hundreds of community members rallied at Fresno City Hall before marching to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in solidarity with workers and immigrants. “I stand [...] Continue Reading
Here Comes the Judge
Voting for judicial candidates in local elections matters. Local judges make decisions that affect everyday life directly, from traffic tickets and misdemeanor cases to child custody, divorce and [...] Continue Reading
The May 2026 Issue of the Community Alliance
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Election Endorsement Grid
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District 7 City Council Candidates
The residents of Fresno City Council District 7 will be voting to elect a new Council Member on the June 2 primary. District 7 is currently represented by Nelson Esparza who has been “termed out.” The [...] Continue Reading
Haiku
Dialectic of a Warrior or Gardener in War Warrior or Bonsai Master: Be Both! Winter Breeze of War Master in Bonsai Garden Warrior in Just War. — Homer Gee Greene Jr. — Stated [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Cool Compost Have you noticed the recent weather extremes? If you have a lawn or garden, you can help fight climate change by drawing down atmospheric carbon and locking it in the soil. A recent [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Election season is rolling through, a season we are all familiar with in Fresno. Alongside the two-and-a-half-ish seasons we get, the endless summers and the intermittent weeks of spring, we see new [...] Continue Reading
April Marches On
Supes Put Measure C Cart before Horse At their March 17 meeting, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors received a presentation for a proposal backed by Chair Garry Bredefeld (District 4) and his [...] Continue Reading
May 2026 Peace & Social Justice Calendar
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May 2026 Arts & Culture Calendar
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We Live the Budget, a Community Art Showcase
Arts Profile Fresnans for a People’s Budget presents We Live the Budget, a community-centered art showcase taking place on May 30 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Dulce in Van Ness Village. The [...] Continue Reading
Message from a Pregnant Cuban Woman
(Editor’s note: This article is an English translation of a statement by the Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (Federation of Cuban Women).)Comrades, sisters, friends: I am speaking today as a woman [...] Continue Reading
The System Is the Problem, Not Us
There’s a kind of mental abuse that doesn’t leave bruises. It doesn’t show up on medical charts. It doesn’t always make headlines. But it wears people down slowly, over time, until they begin to [...] Continue Reading
“Hemorrhaging Supporters”: The Democrats’ Dilemma
BY STEVEN ROESCH What helped Donald Trump to achieve victory in two presidential elections? According to Norman Solomon, prolific author and co-founder of RootsAction.org, the warped nature of [...] Continue Reading
Anne Moody: Soldadera of the Deep South Civil Rights Movement
The Black Past in American History Anne Moody was born on Sept. 15, 1940, on a rural plantation in Mississippi owned by a Mr. Carter. In her famous autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, [...] Continue Reading
The Equalizer 3
I saw the movie The Equalizer 3 and I really enjoyed it. The narrative and acting were excellent. What I really found interesting was that there were no indications of the race of the main character, [...] Continue Reading
Misunderstanding Strength: The Virginia Model
Strength. For most of history there has been a “might makes right” sense of strength. Based solely in the physical world, this perception has long left little space for any other strengths to be [...] Continue Reading
La contienda por el Distrito 7 del Concejo Municipal
Los residentes del Distrito 7 del Concejo Municipal de Fresno votarán en la elección primaria del 2 de junio de 2026 para elegir a un nuevo concejal. El Distrito 7 fue representado previamente por [...] Continue Reading
Candidato a gobernador visita Fresno, promete “California para el pueblo, no para los multimillonarios”
Ramsey Robinson, activista y trabajador social, visitó el oeste de Fresno el 18 de abril para compartir su visión de California si llegara a ganar la contienda por la gubernatura en junio. “Estoy [...] Continue Reading
Distrito Unificado Central: donde los presupuestos protegen el ducto escuela-a-prisión, no a los estudiantes
El Distrito Unificado Central está en un momento de rendir cuentas. Las decisiones presupuestarias más recientes revelan una verdad dolorosa sobre dónde el distrito pone su valor. No es con los [...] Continue Reading
WILPF Sponsor Page May 2026
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Sierra Club Sponsor Page May 2026
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Building Healthy Communities Sponsor Page
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School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Central Unified School District is at a moment of reckoning. The latest budget choices reveal a painful truth about where the district places its value. It is not with the students, but with [...] Continue Reading