The September 2026 Issue of the Community Alliance Newspaper
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From the Editor
Hello once again, dear readers! Everyone at Community Alliance and I are proud to present you with the 30th anniversary edition of our newspaper. When I was applying for this position, one of the [...] Continue Reading
September 2026 Peace & Social Justice Calendar
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30 Years of Page Against the Regime
For 30 years, we have persevered through challenges, adapted to change and the community has come through to support in various ways. Right now the most urgent support we need is monetary. We set a [...] Continue Reading
September 2026 Arts & Culture Calendar
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The Central Valley Opposes More “Concentration Camps”
On August 15, dozens of local and regional activists gathered in McFarland to protest the recent opening of two of California's newest ICE detention centers. The two facilities, Central Valley Annex [...] Continue Reading
After all this peace work, why are we still here?
125 years ago, in an article Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom co-founder and lifelong activist Jane Addams wrote for the August 8, 1901, volume of the Independent, she [...] Continue Reading
Garry “Road Rage” Bredefeld’s Measure C Game of Chicken: A Demolition Derby on Course for a Pileup
Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chair Garry Bredefeld was furious. On August 5, Governor Newsom had signed emergency legislation, AB1923, which will require “Better Roads, Safe Streets,” the [...] Continue Reading
Beyond the Borderlines
On the evening of August 21, folks from across the Central Valley and beyond gathered at Fresno City College in the Old Administration Building to kickoff the 4th annual Queer Housing Summit. The [...] Continue Reading
“Almost Zero Information”: Data Centers and Their Discontents
The frantic race to develop more powerful forms of AI has given rise to another race: a scramble to set up ever more data centers. According to the Data Center Map, an online resource, there are [...] Continue Reading
La prensa revolucionaria de Fresno
Todo empezó a finales de los años sesenta, cuando el movimiento contra la guerra de Vietnam iba creciendo. El núcleo del movimiento antiguerra de Fresno se concentraba en un conjunto de casas en [...] Continue Reading
Del Editor
¡Hola una vez más, queridos lectores! Todos aquí en el Community Alliance y yo estamos orgullosos de presentarles la edición del 30 aniversario de nuestro periódico. Cuando estaba solicitando este [...] Continue Reading
“Casi cero información”: los centros de datos y el malestar que provocan
La carrera frenética por desarrollar formas más poderosas de inteligencia artificial ha dado lugar a otra carrera: la prisa por instalar cada vez más centros de datos. Según Data Center Map, un [...] Continue Reading
Ranking of All United States Presidents by Scholars and My Ranking of Presidents in My Lifetime
As we look back over 250 years, I will draw on scholars who have ranked all 45 presidents from best to worst and on a national publication that has ranked the 10 best and the 10 worst presidents. I [...] Continue Reading
Black History, American Sports, Black Popular Culture and White Policing
Race, sport and “Criminal Just-US” became intertwined when two of the early victims who helped give Black Lives Matter its social context were unarmed Black athletes shot and killed by White [...] Continue Reading
Saving Lives in Cuba
Even with the US blockade limiting trade and access to equipment, Cuban health care workers know how to save the lives of newborns—and their mothers. What really has an impact on infant mortality is [...] Continue Reading
Supervisors, City Council Sideswipe Tax Renewal
As of press time and pending a judicial ruling, the rebirth and rebranding of a 40-year-old countywide transportation sales tax is headed for the November ballot despite opposition from the Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Haiku
1. Tai Chi Eyes Follow Fingertips Haiku Eyes Follow Fingers Waist Pull Legs, Shoulders, Wrist, Arms Spring Focus On Flow —Homer Gee Greene Jr. 2. Haiku Against Voter [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
Be a Part of History! In his brief but able article on the three-decade-long history of “Fresno’s Only Progressive Print Newspaper,” educator Michael Essinger has done the community a major boon by [...] Continue Reading
