Yosemite Logging Halted by Lawsuit over Environmental Concerns
What’s behind the logging in Yosemite National Park? It was announced as a fuel reduction project by park officials to improve fire resistance in the park’s forests but has instead ignited controversy [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Welcomes Cartoonist
There is a new cartoonist in town and we at the Community Alliance newspaper are thrilled that he reached out to us to share his talents. It was the paper’s progressive content that caught his eye and [...] Continue Reading
United States Rebuked for Violations of Women’s Human Rights
CEDAW is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. It is an international bill of human rights [...] Continue Reading
Unhoused, Undercounted and Underserved
On July 14, the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC) held a press conference to announce the results of the 2022 Point in Time (PIT) Count of the unhoused population of the City of Fresno, Fresno [...] Continue Reading
City Rolls Out Mobile Shower Unit
In April 2020, the Fresno City Council approved the funding and purchase of a mobile restroom and shower unit meant to serve the unhoused community. The funding was provided by federal CARES Act [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Everything Must Change for Everything to Remain the Same Is there electoral apathy? Are young people interested in voting? Perhaps the question should be rephrased: Is it worse to vote? Because the [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
Another Unhoused Person Dies in Fresno This is heartbreaking to me because I knew the trauma Jaime went through out there. I first met Jaime when one of my safe camp residents brought her in off [...] Continue Reading
Peace Fresno
Ukraine: A Taste of the Truth https://raymcgovern.com/?s=Ukraine%3A+a+taste+of+the+truth [...] Continue Reading
How We Handle a Controversial Article
In July 2022, the Community Alliance newspaper printed “Smell Their Dairy Airs,” written by Kevin Hall for his “Climate Politics” column. The article was also on our website but was removed because of [...] Continue Reading
SB 911 Would Drive a Stake in the Heart of Ethnic Media
By Sandy Close and Regina Brown Wilson The California legislature has spent months considering a bill—SB 911 by State Senator Steve Glazer (D–Orinda)—that would dedicate $25 million in state [...] Continue Reading
“C” Saw: Hitting Bottom
Ever experience that painful tailbone landing that follows when your playmate suddenly jumps off their end of the seesaw? To avoid it you had to see it coming, then put your feet down fast. It’s like [...] Continue Reading
Cities Attempt “C” Cash Grab
The residents of rural Fresno County living outside its 15 cities, including thousands in more than 30 disadvantaged unincorporated communities, were placed on the political chopping block last [...] Continue Reading
“What Is the Liberal Agenda?” Revisited
In Dr. Malik Simba’s excellent essay, “What Is the Liberal Agenda?,” published in the June edition of the Community Alliance newspaper, he states that “the new Democratic Party not only embraced the [...] Continue Reading
Fiber Broadband Comes to the Central Valley
The story of broadband technology in Central Valley communities follows historic patterns of privilege and neglect, extreme poverty in a region of extreme wealth. Hundreds of towns, such as Firebaugh, [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Fuego Beats Richmond Kickers 3-1
In a game against the Richmond (Virginia) Kickers on July 23, Fuego FC’s Christian Chaney took control of the ball, pressured by three Richmond players. Fuego FC won 3-1, with two goals being scored [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC
Sponsored Page August 2022 For more information, visit www.cvppac.org [...] Continue Reading
FUSD Reminds Us of the Punishment-Racism Commitment
The U.S. cultural fixation on punishment relies on major institutions to recycle and recirculate beliefs and practices that make chronic punishment look “natural,” “inevitable” and “timeless.” The [...] Continue Reading
Covid 19 Sigue Entre Nosotros, ¿Ya Vacunó a Su Niño?
Finalmente, el gobierno autorizó la aplicación de vacunas contra el Covid 19 para niños de seis meses en adelante. Esto ayudaría a controlar la propagación de este virus y sus peligrosas [...] Continue Reading
EE.UU Condenado por el Comité CEDAW por Violar los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres
Por Leni Villagomez Reeves y Nora Cuello CEDAW es la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer. Es un tratado internacional adoptado en 1979 por la [...] Continue Reading
Tala de árboles de Yosemite Detenida Por Demanda Por Preocupaciones Ambientales
¿Qué hay detrás de la tala en el Parque Nacional Yosemite? Los funcionarios del parque lo anunciaron como un proyecto de reducción de combustible para mejorar la resistencia al fuego en los bosques [...] Continue Reading
Odio Armado y el Próximo Golpe de Estado
La próxima vez, ganaremos, dicen los soldados del odio armado del 6 de enero; la próxima vez estaremos mejor preparados, mejor armados, más organizados; no fracasaremos. Y lo más importante, la [...] Continue Reading
La Fibra Óptica Llega a Comunidades Pobres del Valle
La historia de la tecnología de banda ancha en las comunidades del Valle Central sigue patrones históricos de privilegio y abandono, pobreza extrema en una región de extrema riqueza. Pueblos como [...] Continue Reading
¡Fuego Derrota a Richmond Kickers 3-1!
Michael Hornsby (derecha) y Renato Bustamante (izq), de Fresno Fuego, celebran el primero de los dos goles de Victor Falk (centro), durante el juego contra Virginia Kickers, de Richmond, el 23 de [...] Continue Reading