

Progressive, Local/Independent News
// By Community Alliance
The December 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the December 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. [...] Continue Reading

People of Fresno Speak Out
// By Bob McCloskey
On Nov. 11, several hundred people rallied at the corner of Blackstone and Nees avenues in Fresno calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s continuing war on Gaza. It was a diverse crowd with people of all [...] Continue Reading

Palestine and Imperialist Intent
// By Bob McCloskey
Although Hamas initiated the war with Israel, upon researching the war and related issues it seems that there are several factors that should be considered as the violence rages on. These [...] Continue Reading

Planada Flood Relief Plan Remains Unfinished
// By Brianna Vaccari
(Editor’s note: The following article is printed with the permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit newsroom based in Merced.) Planada residents were left feeling [...] Continue Reading

Good News for Local Independent Media
// By Mike Rhodes
Radio Bilingüe (KSJV 91.5 FM) has received a $2 million check for a much needed new facility in Fresno. Presenting the check on Nov. 8 was Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula (D–Fresno). Radio [...] Continue Reading

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
// By Community Alliance
December 2023 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the [...] Continue Reading

Sierra Club Sponsored Page
// By Community Alliance
December 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the December 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading

Fresno Center for Nonviolence Sponsored Page
// By Community Alliance
December 2023 [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor
// By Eduardo Stanley
So Much Hate, So Little Love In the past few years, we’ve witnessed an increase of rage everywhere. In these times of social media dominance, it is common to see short videos of drivers fighting at [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor
// By Community Alliance
On Senate Candidate Barbara Lee “If the U.S. can fund an $886 billion defense budget, we can afford Medicare for All. If the U.S. can fund an $886 billion defense budget, we can afford the Green [...] Continue Reading

Right Wing Spreading
// By Eduardo Stanley
The electoral victory of Javier Milei in Argentina on Nov 19 sparked a feeling of enthusiasm among right-wing activists and demagogues such as Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jair Bolsonaro (the former [...] Continue Reading

Evaluating an Averted Strike
// By Steven Roesch
During the author’s 30-year stint as a Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) instructor, teachers were encouraged to appropriate the so-called cycle of teaching in regular educational practice. The [...] Continue Reading

Responding Should You Witness a Hate Crime
// By Community Alliance
A diverse group gathered at the Visalia Friends Meeting Hall for a training on what to do if you are in a situation where someone is being harassed because of the color of their skin, their sexual [...] Continue Reading

The Passing of Susan Rowe
// By Patricia Brown
The Central Valley lost a political icon on Nov. 16 with the passing of Madera County Democratic Central Committee Chair Susan Rowe. She was also active in the Rural Caucus of the California [...] Continue Reading

A Mystery to Me
// By Ruth Gadebusch
Try as I might I cannot comprehend the current political world: the state of public opinion, the blame for this direction, the drought of honesty and integrity of one party, the concern re diminished [...] Continue Reading

WWII-Era Internment Camp Unites Asians and Latinos
// By Mary Jo McConahay
Mothers and grandmothers clutched children close on trains rolling through this dry stretch of south Texas, not knowing what waited for them at the end of the line. They were Peruvians of Japanese [...] Continue Reading

FCNV: A Lamp Has Been Lit
// By Community Alliance
BY ANGELA PRICE AND JOSHUA SHURLEY As we celebrate three decades of service to the Central Valley by the Fresno Center for Nonviolence (FCNV, or the Center), our mission of fostering peace requires [...] Continue Reading

Everybody Is a Star Rising Above Their Social Condition
// By Paul Thomas Jackson
Some homeless man says, “You label me, you negate me,” echoing the premier Existentialist, Søren Kierkegaard. He articulates, “You may be tempted to hate me for being homeless and since my [...] Continue Reading

Some Questions about Fresno’s Growth Plan
// By Community Alliance
BY MATTHEW ARI JENDIAN, SIMON BIASELL, JIM GRANT AND AKIKO MIYAKE-STONER Been in Fresno long? Ever notice how the city has grown (mostly northward) and what has happened in the wake of that growth [...] Continue Reading

Climate Change and Water
// By Debay Tadesse
A significant human and environmental crisis of the 21st century is thought to be climate change. Understanding climate change, sometimes known as global warming, is one of the most critical issues [...] Continue Reading

In Memory of David Harris
// By Joel Eis
(Editor’s note: David Harris is from Fresno and he went on to become a leader in the anti-draft movement during the Vietnam War. During that time, he was married to folk musician Joan Baez, who played [...] Continue Reading

A Musical Homecoming
// By Peter Maiden
It was a homecoming for musician Javier Navarrette. He led a master class and played a concert at Fresno State on Oct. 30. He is a graduate of Roosevelt School of the Arts, class of 1990. Steve [...] Continue Reading

UC Merced to Get a Medical Education Building
// By Community Alliance
BY RACHEL LIVINAL (Editor’s note: The following article is printed with the permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit newsroom based in Merced.) After many years of [...] Continue Reading

México Elegirá Una Mujer Presidente en 2024
// By Community Alliance
POR TERESA PUENTE (Nota del Editor: el presente artículo se publica por cortesía de Caló News) El próximo año, México hará historia y elegirá por primera vez a una mujer como su [...] Continue Reading

Campo de Concentración de la II Guerra Mundial une a Asiáticos y Latinos
// By Mary Jo McConahay
Madres y abuelas abrazaban a sus niños en los trenes que circulaban por esta zona seca del sur de Texas, sin saber qué les esperaba al final de la línea. Eran peruanos de ascendencia japonesa, [...] Continue Reading

Béisbol Tras Alambres de Púas
// By Vic Bedoian
Es una fecha que vivirá en la infamia: 19 de febrero de 1942. El presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt firmó entonces la Orden Ejecutiva 9066. Trastornó las vidas de más de 120.000 estadounidenses de [...] Continue Reading

De Política y Cosas Peores
// By Miguel Ángel Báez
El debate, el intercambio de ideas, el no pensar necesariamente igual que los demás son cosas que personalmente valoro. Pero no la aberración. Eso es lo que ha venido sucediendo en [...] Continue Reading

Tras la Pandemia, Personas de Color se Enfrentan a la Pérdida de sus Casas
// By Selen Ozturk
(Nota del Editor: la presente se publica con autorización de Ethnic Media Services, una agencia no lucrativa de noticias y servicios) Personas de color, que son propietarias de casas en California, [...] Continue Reading