

Your Attention Please: Generation Z Wants to Tell You Something
// By Paulina Cruz
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
// By 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
// By Nayamin Martinez
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
// By Eduardo Stanley
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
// By I. smiley G. Calderon
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
// By Sudarshan Kapoor
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
// By Malik Simba
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
// By I. smiley G. Calderon
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
// By Kevin Hall
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!
// By Bayard Taylor
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
// By Zarina Zabrisky
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 Community Alliance
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
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
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
// By Ruth Gadebusch
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
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
// By Bob McCloskey
“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
// By Paulina Cruz
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
// By Maritza Lizeth Félix
(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