Rally for Reproductive Rights in Fresno
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
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
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
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International Workers Day Celebrated in Fresno
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 $$$
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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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
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?
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
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From the Editor
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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