

Rally for Reproductive Rights in Fresno
// By Community Alliance
Hundreds of women and their allies rallied for reproductive rights today in Fresno. They were on all four corners of Blackstone and Nees, near River Park. This video only shows the people on the [...] Continue Reading

Women’s March Planned re Leaked Supreme Court Opinion
// By Emily Garcia
On Monday, May 2, a leaked draft containing the Supreme Court’s opinion on Roe V. Wade stated that they are attempting to overturn the judicial landmark. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme [...] Continue Reading

The May 2022 Community Alliance newspaper
// By Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the May 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading

May Day in Fresno 2022 – Two Videos
// By Mike Rhodes
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International Workers Day Celebrated in Fresno
// By Mike Rhodes
May Day was celebrated in downtown Fresno on Sunday, May 1. The theme was immigration reform and about 300 people enjoyed the march, music and camaraderie with family and fellow [...] Continue Reading

Oil, Garlic and $$$
// By Michael D. Evans
Money rules with the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS). The BOS has made it abundantly clear that private-sector profit, most recently in the form of prospective oil and gas and garlic-related [...] Continue Reading

Local Housing Market on Fire
// By I. smiley G. Calderon
If you’ve been on the hunt for a house recently, you know about this. It’s a hunt. And it’s troubling. But, you’re not alone. For several reasons, the real estate housing market in the United [...] Continue Reading

Community Alliance Asks for your Help
// By Community Alliance
May 1, 2022 Every month, the Community Alliance newspaper tells the story of people in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley who are making history—working for peace and social and economic justice. [...] Continue Reading

Eliseo Gamino: Educate Children, Combat Crime
// By Community Alliance
By Community Alliance Staff Born in Mexico, Eliseo Gamino is the son of a bracero farmworker. He graduated from Fresno State, where he also obtained his master’s in education, with an emphasis on [...] Continue Reading

Daren Miller: Focused on Education
// By Community Alliance
By Community Alliance Staff In the June 7 Primary, Fresno County voters will have the rare opportunity to vote for the superintendent of schools without there being an incumbent (elected or [...] Continue Reading

Time to Put a Stop to Oil Drilling
// By Community Alliance and Nayamin Martinez
By Nayamin Martinez, Ruben Rodriguez and Cesar Aguirre According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published on April 4, the world must quickly and [...] Continue Reading

A Community in Need
// By Paulina Cruz
Since the end of last year, Visalia Planned Parenthood had planned to move from its downtown area location to a larger spot on Mooney Boulevard. Planned Parenthood would have occupied one of the many [...] Continue Reading

The Social Price of Being a “Real Man”
// By Community Alliance
By Doug Noll Reflecting on the fact that our society programs us for relationship failure,the author is increasingly convinced that much of human conflict is caused by the cultural suppression of [...] Continue Reading

Almost 60 Years Later, Cesar Chavez Continues His Fight
// By Emily Garcia
a By Emily Garcia For nearly 60 years, farmworkers around the country have celebrated the legacy and momentous actions of Cesar Chavez. In 1965, Chavez began his first steps toward [...] Continue Reading

Can the People and the Environment Win the Election in Colombia?
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
Unity on the Left The progressive forces in Colombia have come together on the Historic Pact ticket, with Gustavo Petro for president and Francia Márquez as vice president. Polling, and the results [...] Continue Reading

2022 Primary Election Endorsement Grid
// By Community Alliance
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From the Editor
// By Eduardo Stanley
Young Democrats Against the First Amendment As most of our readers already know, the Fresno County Democratic Party decided to cut ties with the Community Alliance because our newspaper [...] Continue Reading

Letter to the Editor
// By Community Alliance
Stop Discrimination of the Homeless This letter concerns the flagrant discrimination against our long-suffering homeless individuals and leaders’ refusal to provide nice studio [or] one-bedroom [...] Continue Reading

Running for Governor: An Interview with Luis J. Rodriguez
// By Peter Maiden
Luis J. Rodriguez came to Fresno on April 16 for a kickoff of his Green Party gubernatorial election run. The following week he spoke with the Community Alliance’s Peter Maiden by phone from a [...] Continue Reading

On the Edge
// By Ruth Gadebusch
Just as we began to relax with the pandemic moving along, we received a rude awakening from Europe once again. This time, it is Russia further intruding into Ukraine beyond the southeastern provinces [...] Continue Reading

From Ukraine to Tijuana, Refugees Flee the Russian Invasion
// By Community Alliance
Text and photos by Manuel Ortiz Escámez A growing wave of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion is reaching Tijuana, Mexico, where people hope to cross into the United States in search of [...] Continue Reading

Efecto de la Pandemia En Trabajadores de la Tercera Edad
// By Eduardo Stanley
Covid 19 alteró nuestras vidas. La pandemia no ha quedado atrás a pesar de las decisiones de algunos gobiernos de “relajar” las medidas preventivas para evitar el contagio—por ejemplo, no exigir el [...] Continue Reading

Una Comunidad Necesitada
// By Paulina Cruz
Desde finales del año pasado, Visalia Planned Parenthood había hecho arreglos para mudarse de su ubicación en el centro de la ciudad a un lugar más grande en Mooney Blvd. Planned Parenthood habría [...] Continue Reading

Las nuevas prioridades de deportación
// By Community Alliance
Por Maritza Lizeth Félix La Policía de Phoenix detuvo a Luis (se omite su apellido para proteger su privacidad) en mayo de 2008. Parecía ser una parada de tránsito de esas que ameritan una [...] Continue Reading