Dyer Emergency, Is Harsh Anti-Camping Ordinance Racist?
“Every unhoused individual out here right now is walking on death row. You have now signed every unhoused individual experiencing homelessness in Fresno city their death certificate.” —Advocate Dez [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Sponsored Page August 2024 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 [...] Continue Reading
Where Is Our Humanity?
Record-setting 115-degree heat. It is deadly on the streets of Fresno in the intense heat. It’s also deadly because it is City policy to continue encampment sweeps, harass individuals, confiscate [...] Continue Reading
Our New Arts & Culture Section
Amid Fresno’s artistic pulse lies a community often unseen and uncelebrated. Talented artists and dedicated organizers pour their heart and soul into their work, only to struggle with promotion and [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
[más abajo en español] The August 2024 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 August 2024 Community [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Kamala Harris’s candidacy for the White House is refreshing because she is bringing energy, enthusiasm and hope to the process. Joe Biden did a good job in his four-year term. Let’s remember that [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Lay of the Land Central Valley Matters directly funds several grassroots groups that are active in the Central Valley’s Congressional District 22. All the groups have been vetted for their work in [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Guaranteed Basic Income Program
The Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) will administer a $1 million pilot anti-poverty program by providing 150 qualifying families (75 from Huron and 75 from the city of Fresno) [...] Continue Reading
All But Invisible: Food Crisis
Food insecurity. The phrase is so compact that you might think it has to do with something relatively small. But the crisis it’s referring to is massive, something that really hit home when Kym [...] Continue Reading
Backward Christian Soldiers
Worried about a Christian Nationalist takeover of the federal government? Good. You should be. Feeling helpless to block Project 2025 and Agenda 47, Trump’s Cliff Notes version of it, because you live [...] Continue Reading
Never Stop Protesting!
As of June 19, more than 37,000 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. An article [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
August 2024 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the August 2024 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of [...] Continue Reading
Central Labor Council Sponsored Page
August 2024 This is a .pdf of the August 2024 Central Labor Council Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over [...] Continue Reading
Looking for Every Opportunity to Do Evil: H.R. 8771
Something impressive about the U.S. ultra-right is the apparent ability to do a huge number of bad things simultaneously. An example is the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Progressive PAC Fundraiser a Success
The Nov. 5 general election is hurtling toward us. Fresno progressives gathered two days after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, which was the topic of several conversations. The [...] Continue Reading
Conn “Ringo” Hallinan: He Knew Whose Side He Was On
I learned a lot from Conn “Ringo” Hallinan, who passed away on June 19. Ringo had a full life as both a writer and political organizer, and ran the journalism program at UC Santa Cruz for 23 years. [...] Continue Reading
Descansa en Paz Merlinda Hermosa
“Whether belting out a Mexican revolutionary song or filling the role of Lucia Norman [Maria Broussé], Espinosa dominates the stage, she is a gem.” —Juan Esparza, editor, Vida en el [...] Continue Reading
Human Toll of Broken Security Promises
“We were the first to meet the enemy,” said Tetiana Mironenko, representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Commissioner for Human Rights Protection. We met in a spacious office in downtown [...] Continue Reading
Delano Sued Over a Bottling Plant
In April, the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District (the “District”) filed a lawsuit against the City of Delano (“Delano”) over the newly established Niagara water bottling plant. The [...] Continue Reading
Another Scramble for Africa
Historians refer to the spread of European empires over Africa during the Age of Imperialism as the “scramble for Africa.” The scramble for Africa unfolded as a series of significant events that [...] Continue Reading
Gender, Misogyny, Race/Class Questions in Presidential Election
With President Biden’s withdrawal from his presidential bid, Vice President Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidency. Kamala Harris’s parents gave her the [...] Continue Reading
Jägermeister Cup
Jägermeister, which translates as “master of the hunt,” produces a variety of German aperitifs, which are popular in the United States as liqueurs. The company is the sponsor of the Jägermeister [...] Continue Reading
Demandan a Delano Por Embotelladora de Agua
En abril, el Distrito Municipal de Servicios Públicos del Sur de San Joaquín (SSJMUD, por sus siglas en inglés) presentó una demanda contra la Ciudad de Delano por la recién establecida planta [...] Continue Reading
Entusiasmo Por la Candidatura de Kamala Harris
El presidente Joe Biden terminó su campaña de reelección el 21 de julio y respaldó a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris para sucederlo como candidata demócrata. Biden, de 81 años, estaba bajo presión [...] Continue Reading
Proyecto de Ley de Alimentos de Apoyo Médico de Medi-Cal
(Nota del Editor: La siguiente nota se reproduce con autorización de Ethnic Media Services) La cirugía de rodilla en 2021 limitó la actividad física de Elizabeth Durán y le hizo ganar peso. Durán, [...] Continue Reading
Copa Jägermeister
Jägermeister, que se traduce como “maestro de la caza”, produce una variedad de aperitivos alemanes, que son populares en los EE. UU. como licores. La empresa es patrocinadora de la Copa Jägermeister, [...] Continue Reading
Nuevo Portal Permite a Hispanohablantes Denunciar si les Niegan Atención Médica de Emergencia
(Nota del Editor: la siguiente nota se reproduce con autorización de Caló News) Los Centros de Medicare y Medicaid (MediCal en California) han lanzado un nuevo portal en línea que permite a los [...] Continue Reading