Your Attention Please: Generation Z Wants to Tell You Something
Every new generation seeks change, and Generation Z is no different Although most people picture little kids glued to their parents’ iPads or phones when they hear the term Gen Z, the truth is many [...] Continue Reading
The February 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the February 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
2023: Opportunities for Disadvantaged Communities
It is hard to believe that the first month of 2023 has already ended, but what has not ended are the needs and challenges faced by disadvantaged communities. Which are these communities and why are [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
A Dysfunctional Congress The House of Representatives finally has a Speaker. Kevin McCarthy achieved his dream after a long and tedious voting marathon—15 votes. Yes, 15 times. McCarthy was blocked [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
A Rude and Insolent Restaurant Owner I need to share an incident that happened to me here in January that really bothered me. To be honest, it was shocking, but maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. [...] Continue Reading
Remembering Dr. King: Tributes to Greatness
Jan. 16 was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday, observed across the nation and around the world. It is a holiday to some but a holy day to others. Reflecting [...] Continue Reading
MLK Jr. and the Class Question
As an undergraduate student, at his father’s house in Atlanta, a young inquisitive Martin Luther King Jr. read Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto and therefore Marx’s critique of capitalist social [...] Continue Reading
Hate Is in the Heart
Each month—no, each day—it seems the ugly face of hate forces itself upon us. Senseless violence, heartless killings, stone-cold murders. Last year, we had 647 mass shootings in the United States. [...] Continue Reading
Identity Politics Trump Climate Crisis
It’s 2023. Do you know where your climate solutions are? Between the climate change doomer camp of all-is-lost fatalism and the boomer tribe’s false promise of win-win solutions lies a path to [...] Continue Reading
Let the Healing Begin!
On Jan. 12, the U.S. Board of Geographical Names (USBGN) gave the 93675 zip code a new name: Yokuts Valley. This marks the culmination of a two-year process that began with local Indigenous activists. [...] Continue Reading
Life under Russian Occupation
Kherson, a southern Ukrainian city of 250,000 before the full-scale Russian invasion, was under Russian occupation since March 2, 2022. After its liberation on Nov. 11, the author visited the city of [...] Continue Reading
Strong Peace Movement Needed to End War in Ukraine
By Peace Fresno Board Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words are as true now as they were on April 4, 1967, at the Riverside Church in New York City when he said that “the greatest purveyor of [...] Continue Reading
Honoring Ana Belén Montes
Ana Belén Montes was released on parole Jan. 8 after more than 20 years in U.S. prisons. She was convicted of espionage. Her actions were motivated by conscience and were uncoerced and unpaid. She [...] Continue Reading
No Laughing Matter
Tempting as it might be to enjoy the chaos of the Republicans’ election of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House, it truly is no laughing matter. After all, once in the office he is supposedly second [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Jay Hubbell (1946–2023)
By Community Alliance Staff Jay Hubbell—born Berl Jay Hubbell—was an active member of our community. Although a member of the Democratic Party, his activism went well beyond the party. He was also [...] Continue Reading
Refugios de Emergencia: Las Vidas de Las Personas Sin Hogar Importan
“No podría importarme menos ‘Disney on Ice’ cuando hay personas que amanecen muertas en las calles. Yo soy el que tiene que conducir a través del barrio Tower de Fresno para ver cuerpos tirados allí, [...] Continue Reading
Su Atención Por Favor, La Generación Z Nos Quiere Decir Algo
Aunque la mayoría de las personas se imaginan niños pequeños pegados a los iPads o teléfonos de sus padres cuando escuchan el término 'Gen Z', la verdad es que muchos de nosotros somos adultos. La [...] Continue Reading
Abuso laboral: tibios e indiferentes
(Nota del Editor: Esta nota fue originalmente publicada en www.hispanicla.com) Llegué a los Estados Unidos cuando las marchas por la reforma migratoria llenaban las calles de las grandes ciudades [...] Continue Reading