![About 60 people came to the Federal Building in Fresno on July 24 to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Congress in Washington, D.C. The event was organized by Raza Against War, which holds protests weekly at the Federal Building. Photo by Peter Maiden](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/ProtestsContinue-1_web-620x413.jpg)
![Activists hold up a banner in the Fresno City Council Chambers before a public hearing on a new homeless ordinance criminalizing the unhoused. Photo by Peter Maiden](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/HomelessOrdinance-1-620x413.jpg)
Dyer Emergency, Is Harsh Anti-Camping Ordinance Racist?
// By Bob McCloskey
“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
// By Community Alliance
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
![HART at work violating the Fourth Amendment. Photo by Bob McCloskey](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/WhereIsOurHumanity_web-620x413.jpg)
Where Is Our Humanity?
// By Bob McCloskey
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
// By Noah Deeds Ortiz
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
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Progressive, Local/Independent News
// By Community Alliance
[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
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From the Editor
// By Eduardo Stanley
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
// By Community Alliance
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
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Fresno’s Guaranteed Basic Income Program
// By Jim Mendez
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
![The Central California Food Bank assists about 340,000 people per month. Because of the increasing food insecurity in the country, the importance of food banks is becoming more prominent. In this image, a food bank in Cleveland, Tenn. Photo courtesy of The Commons](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/AllButInvisible_web-620x413.jpg)
All But Invisible: Food Crisis
// By Steven Roesch
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
![Politicians, preachers, priests and Republicans rallied in front of City Hall in 2022 to oppose a resolution in support of reproductive freedom, testing local Democrats’ mettle. Photo by Kevin Hall](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/BackwardsChristianSoldiers_web-620x413.jpg)
Backward Christian Soldiers
// By Kevin Hall
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, even if it’s hot! Photo by Bob McCloskey](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/NeverStopProtesting_web-620x413.jpg)
Never Stop Protesting!
// By Bob McCloskey
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
// By Community Alliance
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
// By Community Alliance
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
// By Leni Villagomez Reeves
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
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Central Valley Progressive PAC Fundraiser a Success
// By Mike Rhodes
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
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Conn “Ringo” Hallinan: He Knew Whose Side He Was On
// By David Bacon
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
![Merlinda Espinoza. Photo courtesy of Monica Silva](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/Merlinda_web-1-620x413.jpg)
Descansa en Paz Merlinda Hermosa
// By PATRICIA WELLS SOLORZANO
“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
![Velyka Pisaryvka. Photo by Zarina Zabrisky](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/Ukraine1_web-11-620x413.jpg)
Human Toll of Broken Security Promises
// By Zarina Zabrisky
“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
![In the Central Valley, because of the severe declining aquifers, homeowners and farmers rely more and more on water pumps, creating additional problems to the environment and exhausting underground water sources. Photo by Eduardo Stanley](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/DelanoSued_web-620x413.jpg)
Delano Sued Over a Bottling Plant
// By Paulina Deeds Ortiz
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
![British Foreign Secretary William Hague stands with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the opening of the newly built British Embassy in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in 2013. The largest embassy-building boom in history recently took place in Africa, as more than 320 embassies were established from 2010 to 2016. Photo courtesy of The Commons](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/AnotherScrambleForAfrica_web-620x413.jpg)
Another Scramble for Africa
// By Debay Tadesse
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
// By Malik Simba
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
![Central Valley Fuego’s Abdul Razak Cromwell advances the ball closely followed by Spokane’s Luis Gil. Cromwell is a native of Ghana. Photo by Peter Maiden](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/Soccer-1-_web-620x413.jpg)
Jägermeister Cup
// By Peter Maiden
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
![En el Valle Central, debido a la grave disminución de los acuíferos, los propietarios de viviendas y los agricultores dependen cada vez más de las bombas de agua, lo que genera problemas adicionales para el medio ambiente y agota las fuentes de agua subterráneas. Foto de Eduardo Stanley](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/DemandanADelano_web-620x413.jpg)
Demandan a Delano Por Embotelladora de Agua
// By Paulina Deeds Ortiz
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
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Entusiasmo Por la Candidatura de Kamala Harris
// By Eduardo Stanley
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
![El programa Recipe 4 Health busca una alimentación más sana para pacientes con enfermedades crónicas. Foto cortesía de Ethnic Media Services (www.ethnicmediaservices.org)](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/ProyectoDeLeyDeAlimentos_web-620x413.jpg)
Proyecto de Ley de Alimentos de Apoyo Médico de Medi-Cal
// By SEJAL PAREKH
(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
![Rodeado de jugadores de Spokane Velocity, el número 32 de CV Fuego, Javier Mariona, inicia una larga carrera por el campo que termina en un remate al arco. Fue fichado como jugador de la academia a principios de este año. Se parece un poco a un joven Maradona y es un claro favorito entre sus compañeros de equipo, que le gritaron muchas palabras de aliento desde el banco de Fuego. Foto de Peter Maiden](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/Soccer-2_web-2-620x413.jpg)
Copa Jägermeister
// By Peter Maiden
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
![Un nuevo portal permite a las personas que hablan español denunciar si les niegan acceso a salas de emergencia, incluyendo casos de un aborto de emergencia. En la imagen, sala de emergencia de RSU Manado Medical Center. Photo cortesía de The Commons](https://fresnoalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/NuevoPortal_web-620x413.jpg)
Nuevo Portal Permite a Hispanohablantes Denunciar si les Niegan Atención Médica de Emergencia
// By Amairani Hernández
(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